rein

英 [re?n] 美[ren]

近義詞leash

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復(fù)數(shù):?reins;

rein 韁繩，控制，主宰

來自（縮寫自）拉丁語 retinere,維持，控制，詞源同 retain.引申諸相關(guān)詞義。

rein: rein: [13] A rein is etymologically something that ‘retains’. It goes back via Old French rene to Vulgar Latin *retina, a descendant of the Latin verb retinēre ‘hold back’, from which English gets retain and retinue. The rein for horses has no connection with the rein- of reindeer [14], incidentally; that comes from Old Norse hreinn ‘reindeer’, which may be of Lappish origin.
=> retain, retinue
rein (n.): c. 1300, "strap fastened to a bridle," from Old French rene, resne "reins, bridle strap, laces" (Modern French rêne), probably from Vulgar Latin *retina "a bond, check," back-formation from Latin retinere "hold back" (see retain). To give something free rein is originally of horses.
rein (v.): c. 1300, from rein (n.). Figurative extension "put a check on" first recorded 1580s. Related: Reined; reining. To rein up "halt" (1550s) is from the way to make a horse stop by pulling up on the reins.

2. The horse answered to the slightest pull on the rein.: 只要韁繩輕輕一拉,馬就作出反應(yīng).

3. Her parents had kept her on a tight rein with their narrow and inflexible views.: 她的父母觀念狹隘而僵化，對(duì)她管束很嚴(yán)。

4. The government continued to believe it should give free rein to the private sector in transport.: 政府仍然認(rèn)為應(yīng)該給予交通領(lǐng)域的私營(yíng)企業(yè)以經(jīng)營(yíng)自由。

5. Mary spoiled both her children, then tried too late to rein them in.: 瑪麗慣壞了她的兩個(gè)孩子，想要管束他們的時(shí)候已經(jīng)來不及了。