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

单词	contain
释义	con·tain \kənˈtān\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English conteinen, contenen, from Old French contenir, from Latin continēre, from com- + -tinēre (from tenēre to hold) — more at thin *transitive verb* 1. : to keep within limits : hold back or hold down: as a. : restrain, control < tried to contain his tendency to argue > : suppress < unable to contain his laughter > < all the appearance of contained rage > < not able to contain himself > b. : check, halt, withstand, stem < contain an advancing flood > < economic inflation has so far been contained > < contained the enemy's attack > c. : to confine (the enemy) to the immediate terrain or to a limited area : prevent (the enemy) from making a breakthrough d. : to follow successfully a policy of containment toward (a hostile power) : hold in check 2. a. : to have within : hold < the box contained only some old papers and a few odds and ends > b. : to consist of wholly or in part : comprise, include < the bill contains several new clauses > c. : enclose < the building contains classrooms and an auditorium > 3. a. : to have capacity for : be able to hold : be equivalent to < a bushel contains four pecks > b. : to extend over : measure, occupy < the farm contains more than 10,000 acres > c. (1) : to be a multiple of or to be divisible by usually without a remainder (2) : enclose, include, bound 4. : imply, entail < the conclusions are contained in the premises > 5. a. archaic : to keep or retain under or as if under control < impossible that he could at once contain … every part of his wide-extended dominions — Edward Gibbon > b. obsolete : retain, keep *intransitive verb* 1. obsolete : to conduct oneself : behave 2. a. : to restrain oneself (as from laughter) b. obsolete : to live in continence Synonyms: hold, accommodate: to contain is usually to have within < the top compartment contains tools most often used > < old river valleys … are still visible and usually contain lakes or chains of lakes — American Guide Series: Minnesota > < animal protein and animal fat contained in an ordinary mixed diet — N.C.Wright > < the picture contains strange figures > To hold is usually to have the capacity to contain or retain < the jug, which holds over a gallon, contained only a pint > Often, however, the two words are used interchangeably, especially in the past tenses < the compartments of the cash register contained the various denominations of coins but were often empty > < the box held his clothes and some small valueless trinkets > To accommodate is to hold conveniently or without crowding < the bus accommodates about 60 passengers and the driver >
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