jail

单词音标

jail音标[dʒeil]

汉语翻译

n. 监牢, 监狱, 拘留所

vt. 监禁, 下狱

【法】 监狱

词型变化

动词过去式:jailed过去分词:jailed现在分词:jailing第三人称单数:jails

词意辨析

confine, imprison, jail

这些动词均含“监禁”之意。

confine: 指监禁或幽禁；也指任何使行动受到限制的行为。

imprison: 较正式用词，多指较长时间的监禁。

jail: (英国用gaol)多指审判之间的拘禁或对罪行较轻的罪犯的监禁。

jail, prison, cell

这些名词均有“牢房、监狱”之意。

jail: (英国英语拼写为gaol)指收犯轻罪的人或未经判决的人的处所。

prison: 指触犯刑律的人被关押的地方，通常指判决后的罪犯居留地。

cell: 指单人牢房或几个人合住的小牢房。

英语解释

名词 jail:

a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

同义词：jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey

动词 jail:

lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

同义词：imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jug, gaol, put away, remand

例句

Several prisoners broke out of the jail.

有几名囚犯越狱了。

A day in jail cooled him off.

一天的铁窗生活使他冷静了下来。

The police carted the protesters off to jail.

**把抗议者押送监狱。

I always said he would wind up in jail.

我常说他到头来非进监狱不可。

The whole jail was shrouded in darkness.

整座监狱笼罩在黑暗之中。

A jail for the detention of military personnel guilty of minor offenses or awaiting court-martial.

*人禁闭室*队中拘禁犯有轻微过失的*人或等候*事宣判的*人的监牢

The prisoner was put into the jail with fetters.

这个犯人被戴上脚镣投进了监狱。

详细解释

jail

n.（名词）

A place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention; a prison.

监狱：依法律上的置留而监禁人的地方；监狱

Detention in a jail.

拘禁：监狱中的置留

n.attributive.（定语名词）

Often used to modify another noun:

经常用来修饰另一个名词：

例句：

a jail population; jail conditions.

监狱人数；监狱中的情况

v.tr.（及物动词）

jailed,jail.ing,jails

To detain in custody; imprison.

监禁：关押；禁锢

来源：

From Middle English jaiole from Old French

源自 中古英语 jaiole 源自 古法语

and from Middle English gaiol, gaol from Old North French gaiole

并源自 中古英语 gaiol, gaol 源自 古法国北方方言 gaiole

both from Vulgar Latin *gaviola

都源自 俗拉丁语 *gaviola

from Latin *caveola [diminutive of] cavea [cage, hollow]

源自 拉丁语 *caveola [] cavea的小后缀 [笼子，洞，穴]