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A long thin strap connected to a horse's head, used by the rider to control and guide it — usually used in the plural, 'reins.' From this, English got the common phrase 'give someone free rein' (let them do what they want, without control) and 'rein in' (to control or hold back something, like spending or emotions).
韁繩；(片語)free rein 自由發揮
原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。
Reinname
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A surname from German.
reinnoun詞源 1/ɹeɪn/
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A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, other animal or young child.
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An instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing.
- The government is attempting to keep a rein on rising prices.
- Let their eyes rove without rein.
reinverb詞源 1/ɹeɪn/
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To direct or stop a horse by using reins.
- He mounts and reins his horse.
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To restrain; to control; to check.
- Being once chafed, he cannot / Be reined again to temperance.
- After an interval that he judged to have lasted twenty minutes, the bed began to shake with poorly reined sobs.
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To obey directions given with the reins.
- She worked each horse at a walk, trot, and then a canter. The horses reined well and executed stops quickly.
reinnoun詞源 2/ɹeɪn/
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archaicA kidney.
- a man subject to these like imaginations[…]hath often the stone imaginarily, before he have it in his reines[…].
- He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
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The inward impulses; the affections and passions, formerly supposed to be located in the area of the kidneys.
- My reins rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
- I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。