contain: [13] Contain comes ultimately from Latin tenēre ‘hold’, source of a wide range of English words from abstain to tenor. In the case of contain the immediate ancestor, via Old French contenir, is Latin continēre ‘hold together, enclose, contain’, a compound formed with the prefix com- ‘together’. Contain still adheres fairly closely to the meaning of its Latin original, but other descendants, such as content, continent, continue, and countenance, have branched out a lot semantically. => abstain, content, continent, continue, countenance, retain, sustain, tenor
contain (v.)
late 13c., from Old French contein-, stem of contenir, from Latin continere (transitive) "to hold together, enclose," from com- "together" (see com-) + tenere "to hold" (see tenet). Related: Containable.
例文
1. Our range of herbal teas containe no presrvatives,colourings or artificial flavourings.
私たちの一連のハーブティーには防腐剤、色素、人工調味料は含まれていません。
2.The offspring contain a mixture of the genetic blueprint of each parent.
子供には両親双方の遺伝子型板が遺伝している。
3.She bought a travel-bag large enough to contain the film canisters.
彼女はそれらのフィルムカートリッジを入れることができる旅行かばんを買った。/
4.Seven fire brigades were deployed to contain the blaze.
7消防隊が火の手を制御するために派遣された。
5.The problem was that the exhaust gases contain many toxins.