contain
英 [kən'teɪn]
美 [kən'ten]
vt. 包含；控制；容纳；牵制（敌军）
vi. 含有；自制
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1. con- "together" + -tain.
2. => hold together, enclose.
3. 共同的拿到一起.
中文词源
contain 包含con-, 强调。-tain, 持，握，词源同detain, tension.
英文词源
containcontain: [13] Contain comes ultimately from Latin tenēre ‘hold’, source of a wide range of English words from abstain to tenor. In the case of contain the immediate ancestor, via Old French contenir, is Latin continēre ‘hold together, enclose, contain’, a compound formed with the prefix com- ‘together’. Contain still adheres fairly closely to the meaning of its Latin original, but other descendants, such as content, continent, continue, and countenance, have branched out a lot semantically.=> abstain, content, continent, continue, countenance, retain, sustain, tenorcontain (v.)late 13c., from Old French contein-, stem of contenir, from Latin continere (transitive) "to hold together, enclose," from com- "together" (see com-) + tenere "to hold" (see tenet). Related: Containable.
双语例句
1. Our range of herbal teas contain no preservatives, colourings or artificial flavourings. 我们这一系列的药草茶不含防腐剂、色素以及人工调味品。 来自柯林斯例句
2. The offspring contain a mixture of the genetic blueprint of each parent. 子女身上遗传了父母双方的基因型板。 来自柯林斯例句
3. She bought a travel-bag large enough to contain the film canisters. 她买了一只能装得下那些胶卷筒的旅行包。 来自柯林斯例句
4. Seven fire brigades were deployed to contain the blaze. 7支消防队被派来控制火势。 来自柯林斯例句
5. The problem was that the exhaust gases contain many toxins. 问题在于废气中含有很多毒素。 来自柯林斯例句