Newgate
[nju:git]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a former prison in London notorious for its unsanitary conditions and burnt down in riots in 1780; a new prison was built on the same spot but was torn down in 1902.
校對:拉弗尔斯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
n. a famous prison in London.—Newgate Calendar a list of Newgate prisoners with their crimes; Newgate frill or fringe a beard under the chin and jaw.
胡安娜校對
例句/造句/用法:
- I also felt that I had committed every crime in the Newgate Calendar. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- A very good name for the Newgate Calendar,' said Mr. Nupkins. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Damme, I'm as flat as a juryman; and should have gone to sleep, as fast as Newgate, if I hadn't had the good natur' to amuse this youngster. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- I ordered my carriage to the debtors' door of Newgate. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- But 'worse' can never mean finding out that your husband is fit for Newgate, said Mrs. Hackbutt. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- It brushes the Newgate cobwebs away, and pleases the Aged. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- How will he stand in the Newgate Calendar? 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Turning into Cheapside and rattling up Newgate Street, we were soon under the walls of which I was so ashamed. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Up Newgate Street. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Next thing to it, returned Wemmick, I am going to Newgate. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- And if I invite all Newgate or all Bedlam here, by ------ they shall be welcome. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The cast was made in Newgate, directly after he was taken down. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The condemned felon has as good a yard for air and exercise in Newgate, as the insolvent debtor in the Marshalsea Prison. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Would you like to have a look at Newgate? 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- They hanged at Tyburn, in those days, so the street outside Newgate had not obtained one infamous notoriety that has since attached to it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
整理:鲁道夫