新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

jail

英  [dʒeɪl]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

又拼作 gaol  
    NOUN. 名词
  • jails

    1[C, U 有变体名词] 监狱

    A jail is a place where criminals are kept in order to punish them, or where people waiting to be tried are kept.

    近义词

    prison

    双语例句

    例:

    Three prisoners escaped from a jail.

    三名囚犯从监狱逃跑了。

    VERB. 动词
  • jails , jailing , jailed

    1[T 及物动词] 监禁

    If someone is jailed, they are put into jail.

    双语例句

    例:

    He was jailed for twenty years.

    他被监禁了20年。