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immure

/ih-myoor/US // ɪˈmyʊər //UK // (ɪˈmjʊə) //

不动产,不动摇,不动的,不稳定

Related Words

incarcerate囚禁,监禁,拘禁,拘押wall墙,墙壁,墙面,围墙seclude隔离,隐瞒,僻静,隐蔽jail监狱,监禁,牢狱之灾,牢房imprison监禁,囚禁,禁锢,关押cloister隐修院,修道院,回廊,隐修会entomb墓穴,墓葬,坟墓,埋葬coop鸡舍,鸡笼,协同

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    im·mured, im·mur·ing.

    • : to enclose within walls.
    • : to shut in; seclude or confine.
    • : to imprison.
    • : to build into or entomb in a wall.
    • : Obsolete. to surround with walls; fortify.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbconfine
Synonyms
cloister隐修院,修道院,回廊,隐修会entomb墓穴,墓葬,坟墓,埋葬imprison监禁,囚禁,禁锢,关押incarcerate囚禁,监禁,拘禁,拘押jail监狱,监禁,牢狱之灾,牢房seclude隔离,隐瞒,僻静,隐蔽wall墙,墙壁,墙面,围墙coop鸡舍,鸡笼,协同

Examples

  • It never forged a chain to bind a heretic or an adversary, nor erected a prison to immure him.

  • Some of the consignees were mobbed, and all were obliged to fly to the castle, and there immure themselves.

  • I will immure myself against your cries, and lock myself up to your lamentations.

  • But it was affrighting to realize that the very physical feature which provided a refuge might also immure them in a living tomb.

  • She was not one of those napkin people who hide their talents, or who immure their lights under superincumbent bushels.

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