refrain
[ri'frein]
n. 重复话, 叠句, 副歌

vi. 制, 免, 制

[] 抑制, 制, 禁



refrain
[ noun ]

1. the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers

<noun.communication>

[ verb ]

1. resist doing something

<verb.stative> forbear
He refrained from hitting him back
she could not forbear weeping

2. choose not to consume

<verb.consumption> abstain desist
I abstain from alcohol

Refrain \Re*frain"\ (r[-e]*fr[=a]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Refrained} (-fr[=a]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Refraining}.] [OE.
refreinen, OF. refrener, F. refr['e]ner, fr. L. refrenare;
influenced by OF. refraindre to restrain, moderate, fr. LL.
refrangere, for L. refringere to break up, break (see
{Refract}). L. refrenare is fr. pref. re- back + frenum
bridle; cf. Skr. dh[.r] to hold.]
1. To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed
bounds; to curb; to govern.

His reason refraineth not his foul delight or
talent. --Chaucer.

Refrain thy foot from their path. --Prov. i. 15.

2. To abstain from. [Obs.]

Who, requiring a remedy for his gout, received no
other counsel than to refrain cold drink. --Sir T.
Browne.


Refrain \Re*frain"\, v. i.
To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold
aloof; to forbear; to abstain.

Refrain from these men, and let them alone. --Acts v.
38.

They refrained therefrom [eating flesh] some time
after. --Sir T.
Browne.

Syn: To hold back; forbear; abstain; withhold.


Refrain \Re*frain"\, n. [F. refrain, fr. OF. refraindre; cf. Pr.
refranhs a refrain, refranher to repeat. See
{Refract},{Refrain}, v.]
The burden of a song; a phrase or verse which recurs at the
end of each of the separate stanzas or divisions of a poetic
composition.

We hear the wild refrain. --Whittier.