English Dictionary

confine

IPA（発音記号）

/kənˈfaɪn/

動詞

廃用 他動詞

(obsolete) To have a common boundary with; to border on. / (transitive) To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds.

日本語の意味

（古風な用法）～に隣接する、境界を共有する / ～を特定の範囲、領域に限定する、制限する

The abbey's orchard confine the bishop's garden to the east, their hedges meeting along a narrow lane.

修道院の果樹園は東で司教の庭園に隣接し、生け垣が細い道に沿って続いている。

意味（1）

(obsolete) To have a common boundary with; to border on.

Where your gloomy bounds / Confine with heaven

意味（2）

(transitive) To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds.

Now let not nature's hand / Keep the wild flood confined! let order die!

confines （ present singular third-person ）

confining （ participle present ）

confined （ participle past ）

confined （ past ）