| 单词 | incontinent |
| 释义 | incontinent (once / 3445 pages) adj One of the less glamorous parts of parenthood is being responsible for an incontinent newborn who can't control the urge to urinate or defecate. Incontinent is an adjective that describes someone who “goes to the bathroom” without actually being able to make it to the bathroom. Babies and children are incontinent until they are potty-trained and adults can be incontinent as a result of illness or injury. The -continent part of the word doesn’t have anything to do with geography, but rather is from a Latin word meaning “holding together.” WORD FAMILYincontinent: incontinence, incontinency, incontinently+/continent: continence, continency, continental, continently, continents, incontinent, subcontinent/continental: continentally, intercontinental, transcontinental/incontinence: incontinences/incontinency: incontinencies/transcontinental: transcontinentally USAGE EXAMPLESShe did not sleep for more than 30 minutes at a time, and became incontinent. BBC(Nov 14, 2016) That was days after her sister, Kicker, gobbled up a pot-infused hard candy she found in the car, leaving her wobbling and incontinent. Washington Post(Oct 28, 2016) This wheezing, cranky, incontinent pair of roommates from the Upper West Side are bringing shabbiness back to sanitized, glamorized Times Square. New York Times(Oct 10, 2016) adj not having control over urination and defecation Syn|Ant leaky used informally; unable to retain urine continent having control over urination and defecation |
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