a building to which people are legally committed as a punishment for crimes they have committed or while awaiting trial 监狱,监牢 he died in prison. 他死在监狱里。 both men were sent to prison. 两人都被关进牢房。 ■[mass noun]confinement in such a building 关押
(prisoned, prisoning)
[with obj.](poetic/literary)imprison (诗/文)禁锢;限制 the young man prisoned behind the doors. 被关在家里的年轻人。
语源
late Old English, from Old French prisun, from Latin prensio(n-), variant of prehensio(n-) 'laying hold of', from the verb prehendere