| 单词 | confinement |
| 释义 | confinement (once / 773 pages) 1n 2n If you're dealing with confinement to a jail cell, or your classroom, or the broom closet, you're stuck there and you can't leave. Confinement means you're being held and you can't move freely. Confinement doesn't have to be punishment. If you've got a contagious disease, your doctor may recommend confinement to your hospital room. Puppies sometimes prefer confinement in a crate to sleeping in an open room. You may also come across an old-fashioned use of the word confinement, referring to a woman in childbirth, which goes back to when women retired to their rooms to give birth and recuperate. Confinement contains the Latin root finis, "end, limit” — confinement certainly is limiting. WORD FAMILYconfinement: confinements+/confine: confined, confinement, confines, confining/confined: confinedly, unconfined/unconfined: unconfinedly USAGE EXAMPLESIn restrictive housing, commonly called solitary confinement, inmates are alone for 23 hours a day. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) “When someone is on home confinement,” he said, “that means home confinement.” New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Mr. Lee was arrested again and sentenced to six weeks in confinement. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1 1n the state of being confined he was held in confinement Hypo|Hyper constraint, restraint the state of being physically constrained captivity, immurement, imprisonment, incarcerationthe state of being imprisoned custody, detainment, detention, holda state of being confined (usually for a short time) solitary, solitary confinementconfinement of a prisoner in isolation from other prisoners cagesomething that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement duranceimprisonment (especially for a long time) life imprisonmenta sentence of imprisonment until death internmentconfinement during wartime subjection, subjugation forced submission to control by others 2n the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary) Syn|Hypo|Hyper restriction classification restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people specification, stipulationa restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement circumscriptionthe act of circumscribing constraintthe act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others swaddling clothesrestrictions placed on the immature restraint the act of controlling by restraining someone or something 3n the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them 2Hypo|Hyper imprisonment, internment the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) house arrestconfinement to your own home commitment, committal, consignmentthe official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) lockdownthe act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot) false imprisonment(law) confinement without legal authority custodyholding by the police restraint the act of controlling by restraining someone or something n concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child Syn|Hypo|Hyper childbed, labor, labour, lying-in, parturiency, travail premature labor, premature labour labor beginning prior to the 37th week of gestation birth, birthing, giving birth, parturition the process of giving birth |
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