refrain
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 重复的话，叠句，副歌
- vi.
- 节制，避免，克制
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原始词根
词源说明
Inherited from Middle English refreynen, from Anglo-Norman refrener, Old French refrener, from Latin refrēnāre, from re- + frēnāre, from frēnum.
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- (transitive, archaic) To hold back, to restrain (someone or something). [from 14th c.]
- (reflexive, archaic) To show restraint; to hold oneself back. [from 14th c.]
- (transitive, now rare) To repress (a desire, emotion etc.); to check or curb. [from 14th c.]
- (intransitive, with preposition "from") To stop oneself from some action or interference