Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Detention \De*ten"tion\, n. [L. detentio: cf. F. d['e]tention.
See {Detain}.]
1. The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.
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2. The state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay
from necessity.
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3. Confinement; restraint; custody.
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The archduke Philip . . . found himself in a sort of
honorable detention at Henry's court. --Hallam.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detention
n 1: a state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his
detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on
hold"; "he is in the custody of police" [syn: {detention},
{detainment}, {hold}, {custody}]
2: a punishment in which a student must stay at school after
others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils"
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
