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con·fine·ment
/kənˈfaɪnmənt/
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con·fine·ment
/kənˈfaɪnmənt/
名詞
限制,分娩,生產
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Con·fine·ment
n.
1.
Restraint
within
limits
;
imprisonment
;
any
restraint
of
liberty
;
seclusion
.
The
mind
hates
restraint
,
and
is
apt
to
fancy
itself
under
confinement
when
the
sight
is
pent
up
.
--
Addison
.
2.
Restraint
within
doors
by
sickness
,
esp
.
that
caused
by
childbirth
;
lying-in
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
confinement
n
1:
concluding
state
of
pregnancy
;
from
the
onset
of
labor
to
the
birth
of
a
child
; "
she
was
in
labor
for
six
hours
"
[
syn
:
parturiency
,
labor
,
labour
,
lying-in
,
travail
,
childbed
]
2:
the
act
of
restraining
of
a
person's
liberty
by
confining
them
3:
the
state
of
being
confined
; "
he
was
held
in
confinement
"
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