jail

英 [dʒeɪl] 美 [dʒeɪl]

• n. 监牢；监狱；拘留所
• vt. 监禁；下狱

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]监狱

   a place where criminals are kept as part of their punishment

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 监狱
2. 监禁
3. 拘留所
4. 牢
5. 监牢
6. 关押

v. 动词

1. 监禁
2. 拘留
3. 把…下牢
4. 下狱
5. 把…关进监狱

英英释义

Noun:

1. 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)

Verb:

1. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail;

   "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"
   "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Two prisoners broke loose from jail.
   两名犯人从监牢脱逃。
2. The prisoner is left to rot in the jail.
   这个囚徒被投入监狱任凭他渐渐消瘦下去。
3. The whole jail was shrouded in darkness.
   整座监狱笼罩在黑暗之中。
4. It's just hearsay but apparently John has been put in jail.
   我也是听说的啦，听说约翰好像被关进拘留所了。
5. On the other hand, at least he didn't leave his dinner on the floor of the county jail.
   可是，从另一方面来说，他至少没有吐在拘留所的地板上。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. He was put in jail for grand larceny.
   他因重大盗窃案而被监禁。
2. He can be punished by long jail sentences.
   他可能受到长期监禁的处罚。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The castle was used as a jail.
   这城堡曾用作监狱。
2. The police put the escaped criminals back in jail.
   警方把越狱的罪犯押回监狱。

经典引文

• He was committed to the gayle of Newgate.

  出自： Joseph Hall

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• break〔escape〕 from jail 越狱
• go into jail 进监狱

介词+～

• serve time in jail 在狱中服刑

词义辨析

n. (名词)

下面两句中定冠词的有无使句子的意思不同:

• He worked in the jail. 他在监狱工作。
• The police worked in jail. 警方把他收监。

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。

词源解说

• ☆ 13世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的jaole，意为笼子，监牢。

近反义词

【近义词】

• prison