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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

rein

/reyn/US // reɪn //UK // (reɪn) //

缰绳,巩固,加强,巩固地位

Related Words

curb路边,遏止,路边的,马路牙子restrict限制,约束,限定,限制性suppress镇压,打压,压制,抑制repress压迫,压制,镇压,压抑restriction限制,约束,限制条件,限定deterrent威慑力,威慑性,威慑力量,威慑line线,行,路线,线条governor省长,州长,理事长,总督strap带子,背带,绑带,捆绑带harness驾驭,驾驭能力,线束,马具bridle辔头,缰绳,笼头,辔头的brake刹车,制动器,制动,煞车bit位,位数,比特,位元hold持有,举行,保持,持有的check检查,检查一下halter吊带,缰绳,吊带式,卤素compose构成,组成,构成了,撰写smother窒息,扼杀,封杀,闷死collect收集,采集,收藏,收limit限度,限额,限定,限期

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Often reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
    • : any of certain other straps or thongs forming part of a harness, as a checkrein.
    • : any means of curbing, controlling, or directing; check; restraint.
    • : reins, the controlling or directing power: the reins of government.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to check or guide by exerting pressure on a bridle bit by means of the reins.
    • : to curb; restrain; control.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to obey the reins: a horse that reins well.
    • : to rein a horse or other animal.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounrestraint, control
Synonyms
curb路边,遏止,路边的,马路牙子bit位,位数,比特,位元brake刹车,制动器,制动,煞车bridle辔头,缰绳,笼头,辔头的check检查,检查一下deterrent威慑力,威慑性,威慑力量,威慑governor省长,州长,理事长,总督halter吊带,缰绳,吊带式,卤素harness驾驭,驾驭能力,线束,马具hold持有,举行,保持,持有的line线,行,路线,线条restriction限制,约束,限制条件,限定strap带子,背带,绑带,捆绑带
verbrestrain, control
Synonyms
curb路边,遏止,路边的,马路牙子repress压迫,压制,镇压,压抑restrict限制,约束,限定,限制性suppress镇压,打压,压制,抑制bridle辔头,缰绳,笼头,辔头的check检查,检查一下collect收集,采集,收藏,收compose构成,组成,构成了,撰写cool酷,冷却,酷酷的,清凉halt停住,停顿,停止,驻足hold持有,举行,保持,持有的limit限度,限额,限定,限期smother窒息,扼杀,封杀,闷死hold back扣留,拖后腿,抵制,扣留住simmer down熬夜,冷静下来,沉淀,沉淀下来slow down减缓,慢下来,减慢,减慢速度

Examples

  • SEATTLE — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will step down as chief executive of the e-commerce giant, turning over the reins to the company’s longtime cloud-computing boss Andy Jassy.

  • Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin stepped back from their roles as CEO and president of Alphabet in 2019, handing the reins to Sundar Pichai, a trusted deputy of 15 years.

  • Mayor Todd Gloria took the reins at City Hall last Thursday having already vowed to find funding to keep the shelter open into the new year.

  • Mayor Todd Gloria took the reins at City Hall on Thursday, becoming the first person of color and member of the LGBT community elected to the city’s top post.

  • When he took the reins in 2018, the 1,470-store chain made becoming an e-commerce player a priority.

  • Kim Jong Un, who assumed power on the death of his father, had given uncle Jang nearly free rein to handle relations with Beijing.

  • In retirement, Frank is consciously trying to pare down and rein in.

  • Congress itself ironically recognized as much in its effort to rein in presidential use of force after Vietnam.

  • There are times where we do takes that are so crazy that we have to rein it in.

  • He organized a bipartisan effort to rein in the National Security Agency that came within a few votes of passing the House.

  • He rode easily, with a loose rein, and he waved his disengaged hand the instant he caught sight of the white faces.

  • To rein up was impossible, to go down would have been almost certain death to horse and man.

  • The rein was fastened to a piece of split rattan drawn through the animal's nose.

  • Without drawing rein, they pushed on to Busseerutgunge, crossed the river Sai and neared the village of Bunnee.

  • A little way beyond the poplar-grove Piegan drew rein, and held up one hand.

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