English主要词典
confine
Universal Words
verb [VN]
1 ~ sb/sth to sth [oftenpassive] to keep sb/sth inside the limits of a particular activity, subject, area, etc.
SYNRESTRICT:
The work will not be confined to the Glasgow area. * I will confine myself to looking at the period from 1900 to 1916.
2 ~ sb/sth (in sth) [usuallypassive] to keep a person or an animal in a small or closed space:
Keep the dog confined in a suitable travelling cage. * Here the river is confined in a narrow channel. * The soldiers concerned were confined to barracks (= had to stay in the barracks, as a punishment)
3 be confined to bed, a wheelchair, etc. to have to stay in bed, in a WHEELCHAIR, etc:
She was confined to bed with the flu. * He was confined to a wheelchair after the accident.
