jail
jail
(英 亦作 gaol)
noun
(英 亦作 gaol)
noun
- a place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime
监狱
he spent 15 years in jail.
他在监狱里蹲了15年。
[as modifier]a jail sentence.
判处监禁。
■[mass noun]confinement in a jail
监禁
she was sentenced to three months' jail.
她被判处三个月的监禁。
- [with obj.](一般作 be jailed)put (someone) in jail
拘禁，把…投入监狱
the driver was jailed for two years.
司机被拘禁两年。
- Middle English: based on Latin cavea (see cage). The word came into English in two forms, jaiole from Old French and gayole from Anglo-Norman French gaole (surviving in the spelling gaol), originally pronounced with a hard g, as in goat
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