单词 | confinement |
释义 | confinement /keuhn fuyn"meuhnt/, n. 1. the act of confining. 2. the state of being confined. 3. the lying-in of a woman in childbed; accouchement; childbirth. 4. Mil. incarceration in a guardhouse or prison while awaiting trial or as a punishment (distinguished from arrest). [1640-50; CONFINE + -MENT; cf. F confinement] |
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