Contain



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• v. 包含, 含有; 控制
• ［英］ v. 包含, 含有 ( hold sth within itself) ; 控制 ( keep under control)
• ［记］ con ( 全部) +tain ( 拿住) -> 全部拿住 -> 包容
• ［同］ 同根词: retain ( 保留, 记住) ; detain ( 拘留, 扣留) 派生词: container ( n. 容器)

Webster Collegiate

verb

• Etymology: Middle English conteinen, from Anglo-French cunteign-, cuntyen-, stem of cuntenir, from Latin continēre to hold together, hold in, contain, from com- + tenēre to hold — more at thin
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to keep within limits: as
    • a. restrain, control <could hardly contain her enthusiasm
    • b. check, halt <contain the spread of a deadly disease
    • c. to follow successfully a policy of containment toward <efforts to contain Communism
    • d. to prevent (as an enemy or opponent) from advancing or from making a successful attack
  • 2.
    • a. to have within ; hold
    • b. comprise, include <the bill contains several new clauses
  • 3.
    • a. to be divisible by usually without a remainder
    • b. enclose, bound
• intransitive verb
  • to restrain oneself
• ? containable adjective
• Synonyms:
  • contain, hold, accommodate mean to have or be capable of having within. contain implies the actual presence of a specified substance or quantity within something <the can contains a quart of oil. hold implies the capacity of containing or the usual or permanent function of containing or keeping<the bookcase will hold all my textbooks. accommodate stresses holding without crowding or inconvenience<the hall can accommodate 500 people.

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