confine
英 [kən'faɪn]美[kən'faɪn]
- n. 界限,边界;约束;限制
- vt. 限制;禁闭
英英释意
- 1. restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
- 2. place limits on (extent or access);
- "restrict the use of this parking lot"
- "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
- 3. prevent from leaving or from being removed
- 4. close in or confine
- 5. deprive of freedom; take into confinement
- 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"