incontinent
/ɪnˈkɒntɪnənt/adjective
1
- having no or insufficient voluntary control over urination or defecation小便(或大便)失禁的。
2
- lacking self-restraint; uncontrolled缺乏自制的; 不受控制的:
the incontinent hysteria of the massed pop fans.
簇拥在一起的流行乐迷不受控制的歇斯底里。
派生词
incontinence
nounincontinently
adverb词源
late Middle English (in sense 2): from Old French, or from Latin incontinent-, from in- 'not' + continent- 'holding together' (see CONTINENT2). Sense 1 dates from the early 19th cent.