Contain
[kən'teɪn] or [kən'ten]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) be divisible by; '24 contains 6'.
(verb.) be capable of holding or containing; 'This box won't take all the items'; 'The flask holds one gallon'.
阿伦編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.
(v. t.) To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks.
(v. t.) To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
(v. i.) To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.
贾尼斯編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Comprehend, comprise, embrace, include, embody.[2]. Hold, have capacity for.[3]. Restrain, keep in check.
v. n. Be continent, live in continence.
卡尔顿手打
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Hold, include, comprise, embrace, comprehend, inclose
ANT:Drop, exclude, extrude, emit, discharge, afford, yield, produce
編輯:米兰达
解釋/意思:
v.t. to comprise to include: (B.) to restrain esp. the sexual appetite.—adj. Contain′able that may be contained.—ns. Contain′ant Contain′er.
整理:佩吉
例句/造句/用法:
- The Swiss deposits contain clear evidence of such catastrophes. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The two or three lines which follow contain fragments of words only, mingled with blots and scratches of the pen. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Commercial fertilizers generally contain nitrogen, phosphorus, and potash in amounts varying with the requirements of the soil. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Seashells when held to the ear seem to contain the roar of the sea; this is because the air within the shell is set into sympathetic vibrations by some external tone. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- I can't contain myself when I look at him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- In your case, I have every reason to suppose that my notes contain something which he actually wished to say to you. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- But all natural fabrics, whether they come from plants, like cotton and linen, or from animals, like wool and silk, contain more or less coloring matter, which impairs the whiteness. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The tribe was a big family; the nation a group of tribal families; a household often contained hundreds of people. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- These good people were absolutely ignorant that their land contained that which was quite as valuable as a gold-mine. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- But in 1562, the year at which he ends with it, it contained no more than the same nominal sum does at present. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- You must leave your surroundings sketchy, unfinished, so that you are never contained, never confined, never dominated from the outside. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- The arbour was an arch in the wall, lined with ivy; it contained a rustic seat. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- The true gold of religion was in many cases thrown away with the worn-out purse that had contained it for so long, and it was not recovered. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The other clauses contained in that document were of a formal kind, and need not be recited here. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- This machine contains a number of rotating beaters and high-pressure streams of water. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- It contains as fundamental truths as have been uttered about education in conjunction with a curious twist. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- This case, I presume, contains the coronet. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Each series contains an emanation, or gas, which through the loss of α particles is transformed into the next following member of the series. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- The heat-treating department contains about seventy-five large furnaces, which consume from 5,000 to 6,000 gallons of fuel oil per day. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The whitening is done by boiling the pins in a large copper kettle, which also contains layers of grained tin and a solution of argol or bitartrate of potash. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- That is true; yet neither will it be a very small State which contains all these. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- A generator containing a strong solution of ammonia is connected by a pipe to an empty receiver immersed in cold water. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Here's a cigar, and the doctor has a prescription containing hot water and a lemon, which is good medicine on a night like this. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- While the arcs with plain carbons are bluish-white, those with carbons containing calcium fluoride have a notable golden glow. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- A fire extinguisher is a metal case containing a solution of bicarbonate of soda, and a glass vessel full of strong sulphuric acid. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- At No. 12 a tumbler of whiskey is frozen solid by immersing a tube containing liquid air in it. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Yes, there was a tantalus containing brandy and whisky on the sea-chest. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Of the eight volumes already issued, each containing about 350 closely printed pages for half-a-crown, nearly 170,000 copies have been sold within a period of less than three years. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
整理:奥拉