confine 音标拼音: [kənf'ɑɪn]
vt . 限制,闭居,禁闭
n . 边缘,范围,区域
限制,闭居,禁闭边缘,范围,区域
confine v 1 :
place limits on (
extent or access ); "
restrict the use of this parking lot "; "
limit the time you can spend with your friends " [
synonym : {
restrict }, {
restrain }, {
trammel }, {
limit },
{
bound }, {
confine }, {
throttle }]
2 :
restrict or confine , "
I limit you to two visits to the pub a day " [
synonym : {
limit }, {
circumscribe }, {
confine }]
3 :
prevent from leaving or from being removed 4 :
close in ;
darkness enclosed him " [
synonym : {
enclose }, {
hold in },
{
confine }]
5 :
deprive of freedom ;
take into confinement [
synonym : {
confine },
{
detain }] [
ant : {
free }, {
liberate }, {
loose }, {
release },
{
unloose }, {
unloosen }]
6 :
to close within bounds ,
limit or hold back from movement ;
"
This holds the local until the express passengers change trains "; "
About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade "; "
The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center "; "
The terrorists held the journalists for ransom "
[
synonym : {
restrain }, {
confine }, {
hold }]
Confine \
Con "
fine \ (?
or ?);
277 ),
v .
i .
To have a common boundary ;
to border ;
to lie contiguous ;
to touch ; --
followed by on or with . [
Obs .]
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Where your gloomy bounds Confine with heaven . --
Milton .
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Bewixt heaven and earth and skies there stands a place .
Confining on all three . --
Dryden .
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Confine \
Con "
fine \,
n .
1 .
Common boundary ;
border ;
limit ; --
used chiefly in the plural .
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Events that came to pass within the confines of Judea . --
Locke .
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And now in little space The confines met of empyrean heaven ,
And of this world . --
Milton .
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On the confines of the city and the Temple .
--
Macaulay .
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2 .
Apartment ;
place of restraint ;
prison . [
Obs .]
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Confines ,
wards ,
and dungeons . --
Shak .
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The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine . --
Shak .
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Confine \
Con *
fine "\ (
k [
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n *
f [
imac ]
n "),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p .
{
Confined };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Confining }.] [
F .
confiner to border upon ,
LL .
confinare to set bounds to ;
con -
finis boundary ,
end .
See {
Final }, {
Finish }.]
To restrain within limits ;
to restrict ;
to limit ;
to bound ;
to shut up ;
to inclose ;
to keep close .
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Now let not nature '
s hand Keep the wild flood confined !
let order die ! --
Shak .
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He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and the slavery of rhyme . --
Dryden .
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{
To be confined },
to be in childbed .
Syn :
To bound ;
limit ;
restrain ;
imprison ;
immure ;
inclose ;
circumscribe ;
restrict .
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192 Moby Thesaurus words for "
confine ":
arena ,
arrest ,
bar ,
bastille ,
be into ,
be strong in ,
block ,
border line ,
bottle up ,
bound ,
boundary ,
boundary condition ,
boundary line ,
bounds ,
bourn ,
box ,
box in ,
box up ,
break boundary ,
breakoff point ,
cabin ,
cage ,
casket ,
ceiling ,
check ,
cincture ,
circumference ,
circumscribe ,
circumscription ,
cloister ,
close ,
closet ,
coffin ,
compass ,
condition ,
constrain ,
constrict ,
contain ,
container ,
contract ,
coop ,
coop in ,
coop up ,
copyright ,
cork up ,
court ,
courtyard ,
cramp ,
crib ,
curtilage ,
cutoff ,
cutoff point ,
deadline ,
delay ,
delimit ,
delimitate ,
delimitation ,
delimited field ,
detain ,
determinant ,
dimensions ,
diminish ,
discipline ,
division line ,
drag ,
draw in ,
draw the line ,
encage ,
encase ,
enclave ,
enclose ,
enclosure ,
end ,
entomb ,
extent ,
extremity ,
feature ,
fence in ,
field ,
finish ,
floor ,
frontier ,
go in ,
go in for ,
ground ,
hedge ,
hedge about ,
hem ,
hem in ,
high -
water mark ,
hinder ,
hold ,
hold back ,
hold in custody ,
hold in restraint ,
hold up ,
immure ,
impede ,
impound ,
incarcerate ,
inhibit ,
interface ,
intern ,
jail ,
jug ,
keep back ,
keep from spreading ,
keep in ,
keep in custody ,
keep in detention ,
keep within bounds ,
lag ,
limen ,
limit ,
limitation ,
limiting factor ,
limits ,
line ,
line of demarcation ,
list ,
localize ,
low -
water mark ,
lower limit ,
major in ,
make late ,
march ,
mark ,
mete ,
mew ,
mew up ,
minor in ,
moderate ,
narrow ,
obstruct ,
orbit ,
pale ,
paling ,
park ,
patent ,
pen ,
pen up ,
periphery ,
pound ,
precincts ,
prison ,
purlieus ,
pursue ,
purview ,
quad ,
quadrangle ,
qualify ,
quod ,
radius ,
rail in ,
reach ,
register ,
restrain ,
restrict ,
retard ,
scant ,
scope ,
seal up ,
shackle ,
shut in ,
shut up ,
slacken ,
slow down ,
snape ,
specialize ,
specialize in ,
square ,
start ,
starting line ,
starting point ,
stay ,
stint ,
stop ,
straiten ,
sweep ,
taper ,
target date ,
term ,
terminal date ,
terminus ,
theater ,
threshold ,
tighten ,
time allotment ,
toft ,
upper limit ,
wall in ,
yard
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