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self-con·tained /-kənˈtend/
(a.)自我包含的,自足的,完備的
Self-con·tained a.
1. Having self-control; reserved; uncommunicative; wholly engrossed in one's self.
2. Mach. Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself.
Self-contained steam engine. (a) A steam engine having both bearings for the crank shaft attached to the frame of the engine. (b) A steam engine and boiler combined and fastened together; a portable steam engine.
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self-contained
adj 1: constituting a complete and independent unit in and of
itself; "the university is like a self-contained city
with shops and all amenities"
2: in full control of your faculties; "the witness remained
collected throughout the cross-examination"; "perfectly
poised and sure of himself"; "more self-contained and more
dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"; "strong
and self-possessed in the face of trouble" [syn: collected,
equanimous, poised, self-collected, self-possessed]