rein.

/reyn/US // reɪn //UK // (reɪn) //

缰绳,巩固,加强,巩固地位

Definitions

1.
- ›Often reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- ›any of certain other straps or thongs forming part of a harness, as a checkrein.
- ›any means of curbing, controlling, or directing; check; restraint.
- ›reins, the controlling or directing power: the reins of government.

1.
- ›to check or guide by exerting pressure on a bridle bit by means of the reins.
- ›to curb; restrain; control.

1.
- ›to obey the reins: a horse that reins well.
- ›to rein a horse or other animal.

nounrestraint, control

Synonyms

SEATTLE — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will step down as chief executive of the e-commerce giant, turning over the reins to the company’s longtime cloud-computing boss Andy Jassy.
Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin stepped back from their roles as CEO and president of Alphabet in 2019, handing the reins to Sundar Pichai, a trusted deputy of 15 years.
Mayor Todd Gloria took the reins at City Hall last Thursday having already vowed to find funding to keep the shelter open into the new year.
Mayor Todd Gloria took the reins at City Hall on Thursday, becoming the first person of color and member of the LGBT community elected to the city’s top post.
When he took the reins in 2018, the 1,470-store chain made becoming an e-commerce player a priority.
Kim Jong Un, who assumed power on the death of his father, had given uncle Jang nearly free rein to handle relations with Beijing.
In retirement, Frank is consciously trying to pare down and rein in.
Congress itself ironically recognized as much in its effort to rein in presidential use of force after Vietnam.
There are times where we do takes that are so crazy that we have to rein it in.
He organized a bipartisan effort to rein in the National Security Agency that came within a few votes of passing the House.

/reyn/US // reɪn //UK // (reɪn) //

缰绳,巩固,加强,巩固地位

1.
- ›Often reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- ›any of certain other straps or thongs forming part of a harness, as a checkrein.
- ›any means of curbing, controlling, or directing; check; restraint.
- ›reins, the controlling or directing power: the reins of government.

1.
- ›to check or guide by exerting pressure on a bridle bit by means of the reins.
- ›to curb; restrain; control.

1.
- ›to obey the reins: a horse that reins well.
- ›to rein a horse or other animal.

nounrestraint, control

Synonyms

SEATTLE — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will step down as chief executive of the e-commerce giant, turning over the reins to the company’s longtime cloud-computing boss Andy Jassy.
Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin stepped back from their roles as CEO and president of Alphabet in 2019, handing the reins to Sundar Pichai, a trusted deputy of 15 years.
Mayor Todd Gloria took the reins at City Hall last Thursday having already vowed to find funding to keep the shelter open into the new year.
Mayor Todd Gloria took the reins at City Hall on Thursday, becoming the first person of color and member of the LGBT community elected to the city’s top post.
When he took the reins in 2018, the 1,470-store chain made becoming an e-commerce player a priority.
Kim Jong Un, who assumed power on the death of his father, had given uncle Jang nearly free rein to handle relations with Beijing.
In retirement, Frank is consciously trying to pare down and rein in.
Congress itself ironically recognized as much in its effort to rein in presidential use of force after Vietnam.
There are times where we do takes that are so crazy that we have to rein it in.
He organized a bipartisan effort to rein in the National Security Agency that came within a few votes of passing the House.