How is “at bay” used?

In Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), one line is: “I doubt a human could keep her at bay.”

Which movie is “at bay” from?

The clip at the top of this page is from Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).

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I doubt a human could keep her at bay.

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)48:35

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at bay

イディオム

to hold a person, illness, or threat off so it cannot come close or affect you; when an animal that is being hunted is at bay, it must turn and face the dogs and hunters because it is impossible to escape from them

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意味

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to hold a person, illness, or threat off so it cannot come close or affect you
I doubt a human could keep her at bay.
He experimented with many ways to keep it at bay.
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when an animal that is being hunted is at bay, it must turn and face the dogs and hunters because it is impossible to escape from them

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Oppenheimer2023
The Mist2007
Creed2015

hold at bay

定義：Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 第 9 版