confinement

Definitions

The noun of confine: 'the state of being fenced in.' Most common in 'solitary confinement.' The dated childbirth sense comes from an old practice: a mother was 'confined' to her room for the birth and recovery — kept within those boundaries.

Common Collocations

• 1.solitary confinement单独监禁
• 2.in confinement被关押
• 3.close confinement狭小的圈禁

Example Sentences

• 1.

  He spent two weeks in solitary confinement.

• 2.

  Animals suffer in close confinement.

• 3.

  In older novels, a woman's confinement meant childbirth.