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refrain v.抑制；n.歌曲的反复句，叠句 refrain (v.) mid-14c., from Old French refraigner "restrain, repress, keep in check" (12c., Modern French Réfréner), from Latin refrenare "to bridle, hold in with a bit, check, curb, keep down, control," from re- "back" (see re-) + frenare "restrain, furnish with a bridle," from frenum "a bridle." Related: Refrained; refraining.refrain (n.) late 14c., from Old French refrain "chorus" (13c.), alteration of refrait, noun use of past participle of refraindre "repeat," also "break off," from Vulgar Latin *refrangere "break off," alteration of Latin refringere "break up, break open" (see refraction) by influence of frangere "to break." Influenced in French by cognate Provençal refranhar "singing of birds, refrain." The notion is of something that causes a song to "break off" then resume. OED says not common before 19c. 【记】形意同restrain 抑制；re + free + n 音：摁，将自由摁住不让其自由；re + frown 皱眉头，抵制住心中的反感,皱的眉头叠起来→叠→叠句【相关】restrain 抑制, 制止，constrain 强迫, 抑制, 拘束

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[ri'frein] 【英】 v. 抑制，避免(curb, restrain);n. 歌曲的反复句，叠句( a regular recurring phrase or verse)【记】 re(重新)+frain(笼头 )→上笼头→抑制【例】 She refrained from scolding her child until the company left. v. 抑制(从而避免作...); n 叠句(一首诗重复演唱部份的音乐)【记】"quot;抑制"quot;的意思大家都熟悉, 但要记住"quot;叠句"quot;的意思.

单词	refrain
音标	[ri'frein]
解释	v.抑制；n.歌曲的反复句，叠句
红宝书	【英】 v. 抑制，避免(curb, restrain);n. 歌曲的反复句，叠句( a regular recurring phrase or verse) 【记】 re(重新)+frain(笼头 )→上笼头→抑制【例】 She refrained from scolding her child until the company left.
字源	refrain (v.) mid-14c., from Old French refraigner "restrain, repress, keep in check" (12c., Modern French Réfréner), from Latin refrenare "to bridle, hold in with a bit, check, curb, keep down, control," from re- "back" (see re-) + frenare "restrain, furnish with a bridle," from frenum "a bridle." Related: Refrained; refraining. refrain (n.) late 14c., from Old French refrain "chorus" (13c.), alteration of refrait, noun use of past participle of refraindre "repeat," also "break off," from Vulgar Latin *refrangere "break off," alteration of Latin refringere "break up, break open" (see refraction) by influence of frangere "to break." Influenced in French by cognate Provençal refranhar "singing of birds, refrain." The notion is of something that causes a song to "break off" then resume. OED says not common before 19c.
不择手段背单词	v. 抑制(从而避免作...); n 叠句(一首诗重复演唱部份的音乐) 【记】"quot;抑制"quot;的意思大家都熟悉, 但要记住"quot;叠句"quot;的意思.
趣味全助记	【记】形意同restrain 抑制；re + free + n 音：摁，将自由摁住不让其自由；re + frown 皱眉头，抵制住心中的反感,皱的眉头叠起来→叠→叠句【相关】restrain 抑制, 制止，constrain 强迫, 抑制, 拘束

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