| 单词 | confine |
| 释义 | confine —confinable, confineable, adj. —confineless, adj. —confiner, n. /keuhn fuyn"/ for 1, 2, 5, 6; /kon"fuyn/ for 3, 4, v. , confined, confining, n. v.t. 1. to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict: She confined her remarks to errors in the report. Confine your efforts to finishing the book. 2. to shut or keep in; prevent from leaving a place because of imprisonment, illness, discipline, etc.: For that offense he was confined to quarters for 30 days. n. 3. Usually, confines. a boundary or bound; limit; border; frontier. 4. Often, confines. region; territory. 5. Archaic. confinement. 6. Obs. a place of confinement; prison. [1350-1400 for n.; 1515-25 for v.; (n.) ME < MF confins, confines < ML confinia, pl. of L confinis boundary, border (see CON-, FINE2); (v.) < MF confiner, v. deriv. of confins < L, as above] Syn. 1. circumscribe. Ant. 1, 2. free. |
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