detainment
UK/dɪ'tenmənt/US/di'teinmәnt/
C2
释义
n.
The act of holding someone in custody
拘留；扣押
词根拆分
词根派生detain + -ment = 拘留的行为。注意更常用的名词是 detention；detainment 较罕见。
词根 tain 还连着 87 个词例句
- 1.
His brief detainment at the border was never explained.
他在边境被短暂扣留一事始终未得到解释。