refrain

verb · nounB1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

refrains

V_ing/Gerund

refraining

V_ed/pp

refrained

1.
(archaic, transitive)To hold back, to restrain (someone or something).
2.
(archaic, reflexive)To show restraint; to hold oneself back.
3.
(archaic, transitive)(transitive, now rare) To repress (a desire, emotion etc.); to check or curb.
Đồng nghĩa: hold
4.
(intransitive)(intransitive, with preposition "from") To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain; to eschew
July 5, 1731, Jonathan Swift, letter to Vanessa If you knew how I struggle for a little health, what uneasiness I am at in riding and walking, and refraining from every thing agreeable to my taste
5.
(rare, regional, transitive)To abstain from (food or drink).

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

refrains

1.
The chorus or burden of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza.
2.
(broadly)(by extension) A much repeated comment, complaint, or saying.
Đồng nghĩa: old saw

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

holdold saw

Cùng gốc / liên quan

refrainer refrainment unrefraining

Từ có viền nét liền là đã có mục từ; viền nét đứt là chưa có trong dữ liệu.

Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro Middle English refreynen, from refrener, Old French refrener, from Latin refrēnāre, from re- + frēnāre, from frēnum.