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containing 音标拼音: [kənt'enɪŋ] 包含,包括 包含,包括 Contain \ Con* tain"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Contained}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Containing}.] [ OE. contenen, conteinen, F. contenir, fr. L. continere, - tentum; con- tenere to hold. See { Tenable}, and cf. { Countenance}.] 1. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold. [ 1913 Webster] Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not contain thee; how much less this house! -- 2 Chron. vi. 18. [ 1913 Webster] When that this body did contain a spirit. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] What thy stores contain bring forth. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds. [ Obs., exept as used reflexively.] [ 1913 Webster] The king' s person contains the unruly people from evil occasions. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] Fear not, my lord: we can contain ourselves. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
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