incontinent

名词 n. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who is unchaste. obsolete
    — O, old Incontinent, dost not thou shame
形容词 adj.
  1. Unable to contain or retain. often
  2. Plagued by incontinence; unable to retain natural discharges or evacuations, most commonly of urine or feces.
    — About 90% of all koalas have chlamydia... which makes them incontinent, so they spend all day pissing themselves.
  3. Lacking moral or sexual restraint, moderation or self-control, especially of sexual desire.
  4. Unrestrained or unceasing.
    — an incontinent river of pure water
  5. Immediate; without delay. colloquial
副词 adv.
  1. Immediately, forthwith. not-comparable,obsolete
    — "As how, my lambkin," blushing, she replide, / "Because I in this dancing schoole abide? / If that it be, that breede's this discontent, / We will remoue the camp incontinent: / For shelter onelie, sweete heart, came I hither, / And to auoide the troblous stormie weather; / But now the coaste is cleare, we will be gonne, / Since, but thy self, true louer I haue none."

词形变化

more incontinent comparative most incontinent superlative incontinents plural

词汇关系

反义词
continent restrained
衍生词
doubly incontinent incontinently incontinent ordinance

词源

词源 1
From Middle English incontinent, from Old French incontinent, from Latin incontinens, from in + continens.
词源 2
From Middle English incontinent, from Old French incontinent, from Latin incontinens, from in + continens.
词源 3
From Middle English incontinent, from Old French incontinent, from Latin incontinens, from in + continens.
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