sequester
/sɪˈkwɛs.tə//sɪˈkwɛs.tɚ/
- vt.
- 使隐退，使隔绝，扣押，没收
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- 英语English
sequester
词源说明
From Middle English sequestren (verb) and sequestre (noun), from Old French sequestrer, from Late Latin sequestrō (“separate, give up for safekeeping”), from Latin sequester (“mediator, depositary”), probably originally meaning "follower", from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“follow”).