解释
- n. 限制;监禁;分娩
※ 提供单词"confinement"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照,中英文词源、例句和用法等。
英文词源
- confinement (n.)
- 1590s, from French confinement (16c.; the Old French word was confinacion), from confiner (see confine). As a euphemism for "childbed" it dates from 1774 (the Middle English expression was Our Lady's bands).
例句和用法
- 1. Last night he was being held in solitary confinement in Douglas jail.
- 昨晚他被单独监禁在道格拉斯的监狱里。
- 2. He'd obviously kept himself fit despite his years of confinement.
- 显然,尽管监禁多年,他依旧保持着身体健康。
- 3. There has been a movement to support women seeking home confinement.
- 一场支持女性在家分娩的运动一直在进行。
- 4. her confinement to a wheelchair
- 半步离不开轮椅对她的束缚
- 5. to be in solitary confinement
- 被单独监禁
来自柯林斯例句
来自柯林斯例句
来自柯林斯例句
来自《权威词典》
来自《权威词典》