confinement
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.