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		confinement美 [kən'faɪnmənt]  英 [kən'faɪnmənt]  n. imprisonment,quarantine,incarceration,internment,detention 1.  | [u] 禁闭;监禁;关押the state of being forced to stay in a closed space, prison, etc., the act of putting sb there  |  
  | her confinement to a wheelchair 半步离不开轮椅对她的束缚  |   | years of confinement as a political prisoner 作为政治犯被监禁的岁月  |  
 2.  | [u][c] 分娩;产期the time when a woman gives birth to a baby  |  
  | the expected date of confinement 预产期  |   | a hospital/home confinement 在医院╱家中分娩  |  
 n.  | 1. restriction or limitation within the boundaries or scope of something 2. the period of time or the process of giving birth, beginning when a woman goes into labor and ending when a child is born 3. a situation in which someone is forced to stay in a place, especially a prison, and not allowed to leave 4. the time during which a pregnant woman gives birth 1. restriction or limitation within the boundaries or scope of something 2. the period of time or the process of giving birth, beginning when a woman goes into labor and ending when a child is born 3. a situation in which someone is forced to stay in a place, especially a prison, and not allowed to leave 4. the time during which a pregnant woman gives birth  |  
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