confinement

英 [kənˈfaɪnmənt]

美 [kənˈfaɪnmənt]

n.  禁闭; 监禁; 关押; 分娩; 产期

复数：confinements　

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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

• She had been held in solitary confinement for four months
  她被单独关押了4个月。
• She's still in confinement.
  她还没出月子。
• The research on Inertial Confinement Fusion is of great importance in the field of Energy and National Defense.
  惯性约束核聚变的研究在能源及国防领域都有极其重要的意义。
• The beam sampling grating ( BSG) used in the inertial confinement fusion system is designed.
  设计了用于惯性约束核聚变系统的取样光栅。
• 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。
• Last night he was being held in solitary confinement in Douglas jail.
  昨晚他被单独监禁在道格拉斯的监狱里。
• Her confinement was approaching.
  她的分娩期临近了。
• 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。
• At the very least, you might be irritated with rules or have a sense of confinement.
  至少，你可能对规定很恼火，或者有种被限制的感觉。