confinement

英 [kənˈfaɪnmənt]

美 [kənˈfaɪnmənt]

n.  禁闭; 监禁; 关押; 分娩; 产期

复数：confinements　

TOEFLTEM8医学

Collins.1 / BNC.11450 / COCA.10696

牛津词典

noun

• 禁闭；监禁；关押
  the state of being forced to stay in a closed space, prison, etc., the act of putting sb there
  1. her confinement to a wheelchair
     半步离不开轮椅对她的束缚
  2. years of confinement as a political prisoner
     作为政治犯被监禁的岁月
• 分娩；产期
  the time when a woman gives birth to a baby
  1. the expected date of confinement
     预产期
  2. a hospital/home confinement
     在医院 / 家中分娩

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 监禁;关押;禁闭
  Confinementis the state of being forced to stay in a prison or another place which you cannot leave.
  1. She had been held in solitary confinement for four months...
     她被单独关押了4个月。
  2. He'd obviously kept himself fit despite his years of confinement.
     显然，尽管监禁多年，他依旧保持着身体健康。
• N-VAR 分娩;生产
  A woman'sconfinementis the period of time just before and during which she gives birth to a child.
  1. There has been a movement to support women seeking home confinement.
     一场支持女性在家分娩的运动一直在进行。

英英释义

noun

• the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
• the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
  1. the restriction of the infection to a focal area
  Synonym:restriction
• the state of being confined
  1. he was held in confinement
• concluding state of pregnancy
  1. she was in labor for six hours
  Synonym:parturiencylaborlabourlying-intravailchildbed

双语例句

• The invariance of μ is the basis for one of the primary schemes for plasma confinement.
  μ的不变性是等离子体约束的主要方案的依据之一。
• She had been held in solitary confinement for four months
  她被单独关押了4个月。
• It is found that the transition energy of acceptors increases with the enhancement of quantum confinement.
  研究发现，随着量子限制效应的增强，受主跃迁能量会增加。
• After the happy freedom of six months the confinement of body and soul would be doubly intolerable to her.
  过了6个月幸福自由的日子之后，肉体和精神的桎梏将使她加倍地痛苦。
• There has been a movement to support women seeking home confinement.
  一场支持女性在家分娩的运动一直在进行。
• We calculated longitudinal confinement factor, threshold gain, optical gain and output power etc through theoretical model.
  根据理论模型计算了纵模限制因子、阈值增益、光增益、输出功率等特征参数。
• The design uses magnetic mirror confinement to control the reaction.
  其设计利用了磁镜约束来控制反应过程。
• All you need to know is that you need to escape your confinement.
  所有你需要知道的是，你需要逃脱你的监禁。
• Why This Is a Mistake: Pets, like people, don't thrive in solitary confinement.
  为什么这是一个错误：宠物和人一样单独拘禁起来无法茁壮成长。
• Optimal placement for continuous phase plate ( CPP) in terminal optical system of the Inertial Confinement Fusion ( ICF) driver has been studied.
  对激光惯性约束聚变（ICF）驱动器终端光学系统中连续相位板（CPP）的位置优化进行了研究。