英语词汇“confine”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

confineconfine /kənˈfaɪn/ ●○○ AWL verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYconfine

Origin: 1500-1600 French confiner, from Latin confinis, from confine border

VERB TABLE

confine

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	confine
	he, she, it	confines
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	confined
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have confined
	he, she, it	has confined
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had confined
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will confine
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have confined

Continuous Form
Present	I	am confining
	he, she, it	is confining
	you, we, they	are confining
Past	I, he, she, it	was confining
	you, we, they	were confining
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been confining
	he, she, it	has been confining
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been confining
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be confining
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been confining

COLLOCATIONS► confined to bed

I had the flu and was confined to bed.

► confined to a wheelchair

Scott’s been confined to a wheelchair since the car crash.

1KEEP somebody IN A PLACE to keep someone in a place that he or she cannot leave, such as a prison: confine somebody to something The area was placed under curfew, confining all residents to their homes.be confined in something The hostages were confined in a dark basement with the doors and windows barred.2LIMIT to keep someone or something within the limits of a particular activity or subject SYN restrict: be confined to (doing) something The young officer’s duties were confined to answering the telephone.confine yourself to something We confined our study to ten cases.3STOP something FROM SPREADING to stop something bad from spreading to another place: confine something to something Firefighters managed to confine the blaze to one room.4SICK/INJURED [usually passive] to have to stay in a place, especially because you are sick: I had the flu and was confined to bed. Scott’s been confined to a wheelchair since the car crash.5be confined to somebody/something to affect or happen to only one group of people, or in only one place or time: My theory is not confined to political events.[Origin: 1500–1600 French confiner, from Latin confinis, from confine border]