n
1 [U] being confined; imprisonment 限制; 监禁
*to be placed in confinement, ie in a prison, mental hospital, etc 被监禁, 禁闭（坐牢、被关进精神病院里等）
* The prisoner was sentenced to three months' solitary confinement, ie kept apart from other prisoners. 那犯人被判处单独监禁三个月（与其他犯人隔离）.
2 (a) [U] time during which a baby is being born 分娩期
*Her confinement was approaching. 她的分娩期临近了.
(b) [C] instance of this; birth 分娩; 生育
*The doctor has been called to a home confinement, ie a birth taking place at the mother's home rather than in hospital. 那医生被请到产妇家里接生.

n
[U]formal
the act of putting someone in a room, prison etc that they are not allowed to leave, or the state of being there
　They were held in confinement for three weeks.
　He visited prisoners at their place of confinement.
→solitary confinement
[U and C]old-fashioned or formal the time when a woman gives birth to a baby
　the pros and cons of home versus hospital confinement