containment

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state of being contained. uncountable
    — A new siding and turnback facility at Midleton will also be developed, along with new cable containment routes.
  2. The state of containing. countable,uncountable
  3. Something contained. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — The containment of a rich man's estate.
  4. A policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with other states; especially the foreign policy strategy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War. countable,uncountable
    — Mr. Putin has reinvigorated an alliance that spent years confused about its purpose once it lost the adversary it was formed to contain, the Soviet Union. Now, containment is back.
  5. A physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive or other dangerous materials from a nuclear reactor or industrial plant. countable
  6. An inclusion. countable

词形变化

containments plural

词汇关系

衍生词
biocontainment break containment cat containment containment boom containment line nanocontainment

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *ten-
Proto-Indo-European *tn̥-eh₁-(ye)-tider.
Proto-Italic *tenēō
Latin teneō
Latin contineōder.
Latin continērelbor.
Old French contenirbor.
English contain
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Old French -mentbor.
Middle English -ment
English -ment
English containment
From contain + -ment.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary