detain 音标拼音: [dɪt'en]
vt . 扣留,扣押,阻止
扣留,扣押,阻止
detain v 1 :
deprive of freedom ;
take into confinement [
synonym : {
confine },
{
detain }] [
ant : {
free }, {
liberate }, {
loose }, {
release },
{
unloose }, {
unloosen }]
2 :
stop or halt ; "
Please stay the bloodshed !" [
synonym : {
stay },
{
detain }, {
delay }]
3 :
cause to be slowed down or delayed ; "
Traffic was delayed by the bad weather "; "
she delayed the work that she didn '
t want to perform " [
synonym : {
delay }, {
detain }, {
hold up }] [
ant :
{
hurry }, {
rush }]
Detain \
De *
tain "\,
n .
Detention . [
Obs .] --
Spenser .
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1913 Webster ]
Detain \
De *
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n "),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p .
{
Detained };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Detaining }.] [
F .
d ['
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tenir ,
L .
detinere ,
detentum ;
de tenere to hold .
See {
Tenable }.]
1 .
To keep back or from ;
to withhold .
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1913 Webster ]
Detain not the wages of the hireling . --
Jer .
Taylor .
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2 .
To restrain from proceeding ;
to stay or stop ;
to delay ;
as ,
we were detained by an accident .
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Let us detain thee ,
until we shall have made ready a kid for thee . --
Judges xiii .
15 .
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3 .
To hold or keep in custody .
Syn :
To withhold ;
retain ;
stop ;
stay ;
arrest ;
check ;
retard ;
delay ;
hinder .
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1913 Webster ]
114 Moby Thesaurus words for "
detain ":
apprehend ,
arrest ,
backpedal ,
backwater ,
block ,
bog down ,
bottle up ,
box up ,
brake ,
bust ,
buttonhole ,
cage ,
check ,
clip the wings ,
cloister ,
confine ,
constrain ,
coop ,
coop in ,
coop up ,
cork up ,
countercheck ,
crib ,
curb ,
dam up ,
damp ,
dampen ,
decelerate ,
delay ,
drag ,
draw rein ,
ease off ,
ease up ,
encage ,
enclose ,
fence in ,
hang up ,
hem in ,
hinder ,
hold ,
hold back ,
hold in check ,
hold in custody ,
hold in restraint ,
hold up ,
immure ,
impede ,
impound ,
inhibit ,
intercept ,
interfere ,
intermeddle ,
interrupt ,
intervene ,
keep ,
keep back ,
keep in ,
keep in check ,
keep in custody ,
keep in detention ,
keep out ,
lag ,
let down ,
let up ,
lose ground ,
lose momentum ,
lose speed ,
make late ,
meddle ,
mew ,
mew up ,
mire ,
moderate ,
nab ,
obstruct ,
oppose ,
pen ,
pen up ,
pick up ,
pinch ,
pound ,
pull in ,
rail in ,
reef ,
rein in ,
relax ,
repress ,
reserve ,
resist ,
restrain ,
restrict ,
retain ,
retard ,
run in ,
scotch ,
seal up ,
set back ,
shackle ,
shut in ,
shut up ,
slack off ,
slack up ,
slacken ,
slow ,
slow down ,
slow up ,
snub ,
stay ,
stop ,
suppress ,
take in sail ,
throttle down ,
wall in ,
withhold
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