Jail

[dʒeɪl] or [dʒel]

解释:

(noun.) 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).

录入:撒迦利亚--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.

(v. t.) To imprison.

英格拉姆编辑

同义词及近义词：

n. [Written also, but not commonly, Gaol.] Prison, penitentiary, bridewell, workhouse, TOLLBOOTH, JUG, house of correction.

手打:托马斯

解释:

n. a prison.—ns. Jail′-bird Gaol′-bird a humorous name for one who is or has been confined in jail; Jail′er Gaol′er one who has charge of a jail or of prisoners called also a turnkey; Jail′-fē′ver Gaol′-fē′ver typhus fever so called because once common in jails.—Break jail to force one's way out of prison; Commission of Jail Delivery one of the commissions issued to judges of assize and judges of the Central Criminal Court in England.

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