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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary de·tain ETYMOLOGY Middle English deteynen, from Anglo-French deteign-, stem of detenir, modification of Latin detinēre, from de- + tenēre to hold — more at thin DATE 15th century 1. to hold or keep in or as if in custody detained by the police for questioning 2. obsolete : to keep back (as something due) : withhold 3. to restrain especially from proceeding was detained by a flat tire Synonyms: see keep , delay English Etymology detain mid-15c., from M.Fr . detenir, from http://M.Fr O.Fr . detenir "to hold off, keep back" (12c.), from L. detinere "hold off, keep back," from de-"from, away" + tenere "to hold" (see tenet). Related: Detainee(1928).http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 detain de·tain / di5tein / verb[VN] 1. to keep sb in an official place, such as a police station, a prison or a hospital, and prevent them from leaving 拘留；扣押: One man has been detained for questioning. 一个男人被拘留审问。 2. (formal) to delay sb or prevent them from going somewhere 耽搁；留住；阻留: I'm sorry—he'll be late; he's been detained at a meeting. 对不起——他要晚点到,他因会议耽搁了。 ⇨ see also detention Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English detain verb ADV. briefly He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group. VERB + DETAIN need not This issue need not detail us long. PREP. for She was arrested and detained for distributing pro-democracy leaflets. | in connection with Over 60 people have been detained in connection with the coup attempt. PHRASES be detained in custody/hospital Two people were detained in hospital following the crash. | detain sb without charge/trial He has been detained without trial for nearly two years now. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition v. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: ARREST 2, apprehend, ||bust, nab, pick up, pinch, pull in, run in Related Words: buttonhole, hold, restrain 2 Synonyms: KEEP 5, hold, hold back, keep back, keep out, reserve, retain, withhold 3 Synonyms: DELAY 1, bog (down), decelerate, embog, hang up, mire, retard, set back, slacken, slow (up or down) Related Words: check, curb, inhibit, restrain Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged de·tain \də̇ˈtān, dēˈ-\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English deteynen, from Middle French detenir, from Old French, from Latin detinēre, from de from, away + -tinēre (from tenēre to hold) — more at de- , thin 1. : to hold or keep in or as if in custody < detained by the police for questioning > 2. archaic : to keep back (as something that is due) : withhold 3. : to restrain especially from proceeding : hold back : stop , delay < detained by an accident > 4. : to hold the attention of < the introduction … will detain the reader as effectively as many of the selected passages that follow — British Book News > Synonyms: see delay , keep |
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