Contain

Definition

contain /kǝn'teÇn/ v (not in the continuous tenses) ၁။ ပါရိွ သည္။ ဆံ့သည္။ ဝင္သည္။ The atlas contains forty maps. ❍ Whisky contains a large percentage of alcohol. ❍ What does that box contain? ❍ Her statement contained several inaccuracies. ❍ This barrel contains (ie can hold) 50 litres. ၂။ ထိန္းသည္။ ခ်ဳပ္တည္းသည္။ I was so furious I couldn't contain myself (ie had to express my feelings). ❍ Please contain your enthusiasm for a moment. ❍ She could hardly contain her excitement. ၃။ ထိန္းခ်ဳပ္ဟန္႔တားသည္။ Government forces have failed to contain the rebellion. ❏ containment n [U] (ေဘာင္တစ္ခုအတြင္း)ကန္႔သတ္ ထိန္းခ်ဳပ္မႈ။ the containment of a fire/a radioactive leak ❍ the containment of aggressive military regimes ❍ Knowing they were unlikely to win, the team concentrated on containment (ie limiting the other team's chances of scoring).

Examples

1. The envelope contained a few dried rose petals.
2. There were four or five boxes containing toys and books.
3. The area contains some of the richest geological deposits in the country.
4. Pretty much everything a tourist would want to see is contained within the walls of the old town.
5. Brown rice contains a lot of vitamins and minerals.
6. The information you need is contained in this report.
7. I couldn’t contain my excitement any longer.
8. [barely/hardly contain something] : Laura barely contained her fury.
9. Firefighters are still battling to contain the blaze.
10. Strong measures are urgently needed to contain the epidemic.
11. Our main task is to contain expenditure within a budget.