名詞 detention:

1. a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
   同義詞：detainment, hold, custody
2. a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home

1. Detention of a ship, freight car, or other cargo conveyance during loading or unloading beyond the scheduled time of departure.
   (運(yùn)輸工具)滯留，延期船、貨車(chē)或其他運(yùn)輸工具在裝卸貨物期間超過(guò)了規(guī)定的離開(kāi)時(shí)間而滯留
2. Liberty of the person from slavery, detention, or oppression.
   自立擺脫了被奴役、扣押或壓迫的人的自由
3. Compensation paid for such detention.
   滯留費(fèi)，延期費(fèi)因船舶等的滯留而付的賠償金
4. Can detention in a remand home be regarded as educational?
   青少年犯拘留所的拘留能看做是教育嗎？

de.ten.tion

n.（名詞）

The act of detaining.
扣押，拘留：拘留的行為
The state of being detained, especially a period of temporary custody while awaiting trial.
扣押，扣留：處于被扣押的狀態(tài)，尤指在等待審判期間被暫時(shí)關(guān)押
A forced or punitive delay.
阻延，阻留：被迫的拖延

來(lái)源：
Middle English detencioun [act of withholding]
中古英語(yǔ) detencioun [扣留的行為]
from Anglo-Norman
源自 英法語(yǔ)
from Latin dôtentiô dôtentiôn-
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) dôtentiô dôtentiôn-
from dôtentus [past participle of] dôtinôre [to detain] * see detain
源自 dôtentus [] dôtinôre的過(guò)去分詞 [阻止] *參見(jiàn) detain