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refrain 音标拼音: [rɪfr'en] n. 重复,叠句,副歌
vi. 节制,避免,制止 重复,叠句,副歌节制,避免,制止 refrain n 1: the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers [ synonym: { refrain}, { chorus}] v 1: resist doing something; " He refrained from hitting him back"; " she could not forbear weeping" [ synonym: { refrain}, { forbear}] [ ant: { act}, { move}] 2: choose not to consume; " I abstain from alcohol" [ synonym: { abstain}, { refrain}, { desist}] [ ant: { consume}, { have}, { ingest}, { take}, { take in}] Refrain \ Re* frain"\, v. i. To keep one' s self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain. [ 1913 Webster] Refrain from these men, and let them alone. -- Acts v. 38. [ 1913 Webster] They refrained therefrom [ eating flesh] some time after. -- Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To hold back; forbear; abstain; withhold. [ 1913 Webster]
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. [ 1913 Webster] His reason refraineth not his foul delight or talent. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] Refrain thy foot from their path. -- Prov. i. 15. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To abstain from. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Who, requiring a remedy for his gout, received no other counsel than to refrain cold drink. -- Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster]
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. [ 1913 Webster] We hear the wild refrain. -- Whittier. [ 1913 Webster] 188 Moby Thesaurus words for " refrain": PS, Parthian shot, Spenserian stanza, abandon, abort, abstain, abstain from, addendum, afterthought, air, anacrusis, antistrophe, appendix, aria, arrest, avoid, back matter, bass passage, belay, bis, bob, book, bourdon, bridge, burden, cadence, cancel, canto, cantus, cease, chant, check, chorus, coda, codicil, colophon, conclusion, consequence, constrain, continuance, continuation, couplet, curb, cut it out, descant, desist, development, discontinue, dispense with, distich, ditto, division, do without, double take, drop it, dying words, end, envoi, epilogue, epode, eschew, exposition, figure, folderol, follow- through, follow- up, forbear, forgo, give over, give up, halt, harmonic close, have done with, heptastich, hexastich, hold, hold aloof from, hold back, hold off, inhibit, interlude, intermezzo, interrupt, introductory phrase, keep, keep back, keep from, keep in hand, knock it off, last words, lay, lay off, leave off, let alone, let go by, line, measure, melodia, melodic line, melody, monostich, movement, musical phrase, musical sentence, never touch, not touch, not use, note, octastich, octave, octet, ornament, ottava rima, part, parting shot, pass up, passage, pentastich, period, peroration, phrase, postface, postfix, postlude, postscript, quatrain, quit, refrain from, relinquish, renounce, repeat, repetend, reprise, reserve, resolution, response, restrain, rhyme royal, ritornello, save, scrub, second thought, section, septet, sequel, sequela, sequelae, sequelant, sequent, sequitur, sestet, sextet, shun, solo, solo part, song, soprano part, spare, stand aloof from, stanza, statement, stave, stay, stop, strain, strophe, subscript, suffix, supplement, swan song, syllable, tag, tailpiece, tercet, terminate, terza rima, tetrastich, treble, triplet, tristich, tune, tutti, tutti passage, undersong, variation, verse, waive, withhold
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