immure

• vt. 把…嵌在墙上；监禁，禁闭

im-,进入，使，-mur,墙，词源同mural,intramural.即关到墙里面，禁闭，监禁。

1. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail;

"The suspects were imprisoned without trial"

"the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"

immure

immure: see mural

immure (v.)

1580s, from Middle French emmurer and directly from Medieval Latin immurare, literally "to shut up within walls," from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (see in- (2)) + Latin murus "wall" (see mural). Related: Immured; immuring.

In time, the infection became known as " Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome "

很快, 这种疾病被称为 “ 获得性免疫缺陷综合症 ”

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He immure himself in a small room to work undisturbed.

他自己关在小屋里埋头工作，以免受到骚扰。

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