immure
verb /ɪˈmjʊə(r)/
/ɪˈmjʊr/
[often passive] (literary)动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they immure | /ɪˈmjʊə(r)/ /ɪˈmjʊr/ |
he / she / it immures | /ɪˈmjʊəz/ /ɪˈmjʊrz/ |
past simple immured | /ɪˈmjʊəd/ /ɪˈmjʊrd/ |
past participle immured | /ɪˈmjʊəd/ /ɪˈmjʊrd/ |
-ing form immuring | /ɪˈmjʊərɪŋ/ /ɪˈmjʊrɪŋ/ |
- to shut somebody in a place so that they cannot get out
synonym imprison禁闭;监禁 - be immured (+ adv./prep.) At the age of 86 he was immured in his house by infirmity.
86岁时,他因体弱多病而被关在家里。 - (figurative) a society immured in ignorance and superstition
一个被无知和迷信笼罩的社会
词源late 16th cent.: from French emmurer or medieval Latin immurare, from in- ‘in’ + murus ‘wall’. - be immured (+ adv./prep.) At the age of 86 he was immured in his house by infirmity.