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From the word’s history

From Middle English conteinen, from Old French contenir, from Latin continēre 'to hold together', from con- 'together' + teneō 'to hold'.

源自拉丁文 continēre，由 con-「一起」加 teneō「握住」。

Wiktionary

Picture a box with walls: what is inside stays inside, and the walls decide where the inside ends. Contain works from those walls in two directions — saying what is in there (a box, a book, a food), and holding something in that would otherwise get out (a feeling, a fire).

可以想成：一個有壁的箱子。裡面的東西留在裡面，那道壁決定了「裡面」到哪裡為止。contain 就從這道壁往兩邊用：一邊是說出裡面有什麼（箱子、書、食物），另一邊是把本來會跑出去的東西關住（情緒、火勢）。

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

同家族的字

contained contained containing contains

用法接近

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原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

containverb/kənˈteɪn/

  • 1

    To hold inside.

    • The brown box contains three stacks of books.
    • a spray bottle containing water.
  • 2

    To include as a part.

    • Most of the meals they offer contain meat.
    • Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.
  • 3

    To put constraints upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.

    • I'm so excited, I can hardly contain myself!
    • Fear not, my lord: we can contain ourselves.
  • 4

    mathematicssciencesTo have as an element or subset.

    • A group contains a unique inverse for each of its elements.
    • If that subgraph contains the vertex in question then it must be spanning.
  • 5

    obsoleteTo restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.

    • But if they cannot contain, let them marry.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。