contain
英[k?n'te?n]
美[k?n'ten]
- vt. 包含；控制；容納；牽制（敵軍）
- vi. 含有；自制
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?contains;過去式:?contained;過去分詞:?contained;現在分詞:?containing;
助記提示
1. con- "together" + -tain.
2. => hold together, enclose.
3. 共同的拿到一起.
中文詞源
contain 包含
con-, 強調。-tain, 持，握，詞源同detain, tension.
英文詞源
- contain
- contain: [13] Contain comes ultimately from Latin tenēre ‘hold’, source of a wide range of English words from abstain to tenor. In the case of contain the immediate ancestor, via Old French contenir, is Latin continēre ‘hold together, enclose, contain’, a compound formed with the prefix com- ‘together’. Contain still adheres fairly closely to the meaning of its Latin original, but other descendants, such as content, continent, continue, and countenance, have branched out a lot semantically.
=> abstain, content, continent, continue, countenance, retain, sustain, tenor - contain (v.)
- late 13c., from Old French contein-, stem of contenir, from Latin continere (transitive) "to hold together, enclose," from com- "together" (see com-) + tenere "to hold" (see tenet). Related: Containable.
雙語例句
- 1. Our range of herbal teas contain no preservatives, colourings or artificial flavourings.
- 我們這一系列的藥草茶不含防腐劑、色素以及人工調味品。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The offspring contain a mixture of the genetic blueprint of each parent.
- 子女身上遺傳了父母雙方的基因型板。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. She bought a travel-bag large enough to contain the film canisters.
- 她買了一只能裝得下那些膠卷筒的旅行包。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Seven fire brigades were deployed to contain the blaze.
- 7支消防隊被派來控制火勢。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The problem was that the exhaust gases contain many toxins.
- 問題在于廢氣中含有很多毒素。
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