Immure



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 监禁
• ［英］ v. 监禁 ( imprison, confine, or seclude)
• ［类］ 反义词: release ( 释放)
• ［记］ im ( 进入) +mure ( 墙) -> 进入墙 -> 监禁
• ［同］ 同根词: mural ( 壁画) ;demure ( 一本正经的)

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (immured; immuring)

• Etymology: Medieval Latin immurare, from Latin in- + murus wall — more at munition
• Date: 1583
• 1.
  • a. to enclose within or as if within walls
  • b. imprison
• 2. to build into a wall; especially to entomb in a wall
• ? immurement noun

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