| 釋義 |
prison /'pnzn; 'pnzn/ n [C] building in which wrongdoers are kept locked up; place where a person is shut up against his will; [U] confinement in such a building: 監(jiān)獄; 牢房; 監(jiān)禁; 禁錮： escape/be released from ~; 逃出(被放出)監(jiān)獄; be in/go to/send sb to ~. 坐牢(入獄; 把某人關(guān)進(jìn)監(jiān)牢)。 '~-breaking n the illegal act of escaping from ~. 瑪獄。 ~er n person kept in ~ for crime or until tried in a law court; person, animal or bird kept in confinement: 囚犯; 犯人; 刑事被吿; 被禁閉的人，動物或鳥： a bird kept ~er in a cage. 被關(guān)在龍屮的烏。 i ~ er of 'conscience, political ~er, 液畝(兩犯, political(l). ， ~er of 'war, person captured in war and (usu) kept in a camp for the duration of the war. 戰(zhàn) |