英语词汇“confine”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	confine
释义	con·fine I. \kənˈfīn\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle French confiner to lie contiguous, restrain within limits, from confin, n., confine *intransitive verb* archaic : to have a common boundary : lie contiguous *transitive verb* : to hold within bounds : restrain from exceeding boundaries: a. : to keep in narrow quarters : imprison b. : to prevent free outward passage or motion of : secure, enclose, fasten < the loose cloud of hair was confined in two plaits — W.H.Hudson > < dikes confined the flood waters > c. : to keep from leaving accustomed quarters (as one's room or bed) under pressure of infirmity, childbirth, detention, business reasons < now that he was able to employ an assistant, he was not closely confined to the store — Ellen Glasgow > d. : to narrow down (range of possible interest, participation, expression) and exclude from embracing various matters possible : make applicable only to a limited group < for what reason was the Greek tragic poet confined to so limited a range of subjects — Matthew Arnold > < a rare luxury confined to princes and ministers — T.B.Macaulay > e. : to keep to a certain place or to a limited area : prevent unlimited incidence of < in confining the disease to Memphis — W.F.Willcox > < the buffalo was not confined to the open grassland — C.D.Forde > Synonyms: see limit II. \ˈkänˌfīn, in sense 5a usually kənˈf-\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French confin, from Latin confine, from neuter of confinis having the same boundary, adjacent, from com- + finis end, border — more at final 1. usually plural : bounds, borders; especially : the mutual boundary with adjacent regions < betwixt the confines of night and day — John Dryden > 2. usually plural : regions along or near a border : outlying parts < the Newtonian scheme does not banish God from the universe, but it pushes him to the confines — Times Literary Supplement > 3. usually plural : constricting limits (as of an area of activity or operation) : scope < Darwin had not moved entirely within the confines of the thought of his generation — S.F.Mason > < lifts the story beyond a conventional confine — Times Literary Supplement > 4. usually plural : enclosed or otherwise limited space or area : territory < the future of the city lies in the eastern corner of its confines — Springfield (Massachusetts) Daily News > 5. a. archaic : restriction, confinement < the dungeon's grim confine — Robert Burns > b. obsolete : prison, dungeon < many confines, wards, and dungeons — Shakespeare > III. adjective Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French confin, from Latin confinis adjacent obsolete : neighboring
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