rein
英[re?n]
美[ren]
- n. 韁繩；駕馭；統治；支配
- vt. 控制；駕馭；勒住
- vi. 勒住馬
- n. (Rein)人名；(西、阿拉伯)雷因；(法)蘭；(英、荷、捷、德、芬、瑞典)賴因；(愛沙)雷恩
詞態變化
復數:?reins;
中文詞源
rein 韁繩，控制，主宰
來自（縮寫自）拉丁語 retinere,維持，控制，詞源同 retain.引申諸相關詞義。
英文詞源
- rein
- rein: [13] A rein is etymologically something that ‘retains’. It goes back via Old French rene to Vulgar Latin *retina, a descendant of the Latin verb retinēre ‘hold back’, from which English gets retain and retinue. The rein for horses has no connection with the rein- of reindeer [14], incidentally; that comes from Old Norse hreinn ‘reindeer’, which may be of Lappish origin.
=> retain, retinue - rein (n.)
- c. 1300, "strap fastened to a bridle," from Old French rene, resne "reins, bridle strap, laces" (Modern French rêne), probably from Vulgar Latin *retina "a bond, check," back-formation from Latin retinere "hold back" (see retain). To give something free rein is originally of horses.
- rein (v.)
- c. 1300, from rein (n.). Figurative extension "put a check on" first recorded 1580s. Related: Reined; reining. To rein up "halt" (1550s) is from the way to make a horse stop by pulling up on the reins.
雙語例句
- 1. The government would try to rein back inflation.
- 政府將努力控制通貨膨脹。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The horse answered to the slightest pull on the rein.
- 只要韁繩輕輕一拉,馬就作出反應.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Her parents had kept her on a tight rein with their narrow and inflexible views.
- 她的父母觀念狹隘而僵化，對她管束很嚴。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The government continued to believe it should give free rein to the private sector in transport.
- 政府仍然認為應該給予交通領域的私營企業以經營自由。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Mary spoiled both her children, then tried too late to rein them in.
- 瑪麗慣壞了她的兩個孩子，想要管束他們的時候已經來不及了。
來自柯林斯例句