du·rance /ˈdʊrən(t)s ||ˈdjʊr-/
 禁錮,監禁
 Dur·ance n.
 1. Continuance; duration. See Endurance. [Archaic]
    Of how short durance was this new-made state!   --Dryden.
 2. Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody by a jailer; duress. Shak. “Durance vile.”
    In durance, exile, Bedlam or the mint.   --Pope.
 3. (a) A stout cloth stuff, formerly made in imitation of buff leather and used for garments; a sort of tammy or everlasting.
    Where didst thou buy this buff? let me not live but I will give thee a good suit of durance.   --J. Webster.
 (b) In modern manufacture, a worsted of one color used for window blinds and similar purposes.
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 durance
      n : imprisonment (especially for a long time)