jail

noun

1. 监狱
   a prison
   1. She spent a year in jail.
      她坐了一年牢。
   2. He has been released from jail.
      他已从监狱里放出来了。
   3. a ten-year jail sentence
      十年监禁的判刑
   4. Britain's overcrowded jails
      英国过度拥挤的监狱

verb

1. 监禁
   to put sb in prison
   1. He was jailed for life for murder.
      他因谋杀罪被终身监禁。

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用gaol


1. N-VAR 监狱；看守所
   A jail is a place where criminals are kept in order to punish them, or where people waiting to be tried are kept.
   1. Three prisoners escaped from a jail.
      3名囚犯越狱了。
2. VERB 使入狱；监禁
   If someone is jailed, they are put into jail.
   1. He was jailed for twenty years.
      他被判了20年监禁。

1. He was certain Sid would be eaten alive by the hardened criminals in the jail.
   他确信锡德在监狱中肯定会被那些怙恶不悛的罪犯们扒掉一层皮。
2. In the end the 'bad guys' are caught and sent to jail.
   最后，“坏人”都被抓住送进了监狱。
3. He was found guilty of blasphemy and sentenced to three years in jail
   他被判犯有亵渎神明罪，刑期3年。
4. High Point prison had the highest number of breakouts of any jail in Britain.
   海波因特监狱在英国各监狱中越狱事件最多。
5. Mr Garcia said his conscience was clear over the jail incidents
   加西亚先生说他对监狱中发生的事件问心无愧。
6. Her lawyer said she understood the consequences of her actions and was prepared to go to jail
   她的律师说她明白自己行为的后果，已有了入狱的心理准备。
7. Doug was found guilty of criminal assault and sentenced to six months in jail.
   道格被判犯有人身攻击罪，监禁6个月。
8. Arrests and jail sentences have done nothing to deter the protesters
   逮捕和监禁都没能吓倒抗议者。
9. A prisoner has escaped from a jail in northern England
   一名囚犯从英格兰北部的一所监狱中越狱。
10. Even in jail, my fellow inmates treated me with kindness.
    就算在监狱里，狱友们对我也很友善。
11. He took her to jail, where she was fingerprinted and booked.
    他把她带到监狱，在那里对她提取了指纹并进行了登记。
12. He's probably going to finish up in jail for business fraud.
    他最后很可能会因为商业诈骗而入狱。
13. He was led away to jail in handcuffs.
    他戴着手铐被送进了监狱。
14. One prisoner was still holding out on the roof of the jail.
    一名犯人仍在监狱的房顶上顽抗。
15. Three prisoners escaped from a jail.
    3名囚犯越狱了。
16. He was jailed for twenty years.
    他被判了20年监禁。
17. Up to a thousand prisoners may be on the loose inside the jail
    监狱里可能有上千名囚犯跑出了牢房。
18. Before sentence was passed, Mr Mills escaped from jail.
    在宣判前，米尔斯先生越狱了。
19. He picked a fight with a waiter and landed in jail
    他找碴儿跟服务生打了一架，最后进了监狱。
20. The government voted to punish corruption in sport with up to four years in jail
    政府经表决后决定对体育界的舞弊行为最高将处以4年监禁。
21. Britain's worst jail riot will force a fundamental reappraisal of prison policy
    英国最严重的监狱暴动会迫使政府对监狱政策进行彻底的重新评估。
22. Rampaging prisoners ran riot through Strangeways jail.
    斯特兰韦斯监狱里那些狂暴的囚犯们全都失去了控制。
23. Last night he was being held in solitary confinement in Douglas jail.
    昨晚他被单独监禁在道格拉斯的监狱里。
24. Strenuous efforts had been made to improve conditions in the jail
    已经做了大量的努力来改善监狱的条件。
25. Martinez was taken off to jail.
    马丁内斯被抓进了大牢。
26. The rebels tunnelled out of a maximum security jail
    叛乱者挖地道逃离了戒备最为森严的监狱。
27. The judge liked using the word 'wicked' of people he had sent to jail
    这个法官喜欢使用“邪恶”一词来形容被他判罪入狱的人。
28. After breaking out of the jail, he hid out in a deserted farmhouse.
    他越狱后，暗藏在一个无人居住的农舍里。
29. The man was put in jail for grand larceny.
    那人因重大盗窃案而被监禁。
30. The prisoners used the tunnel to escape from jail.
    囚犯们利用这条地道越狱逃跑了。

  imprison immure intern jail【导航词义：监禁，关押】

  imprison v. 监禁

〔辨析〕较正式用词，指将某人关入监狱或关押在某处，通常用被动语态。

  immure v. 〈正式，文〉监禁，禁闭

〔辨析〕指将某人关在某处不许其离开。

  intern v. 拘留，扣押

〔辨析〕指出于政治原因或在战争时期不加审讯就扣押某人，通常用被动语态。

  jail v. 监禁，拘留

〔辨析〕指将某人关入监狱，通常用被动语态。

  prison cell jail【导航词义：监狱】

  prison n. 监狱，看守所

〔辨析〕普通用词，指具体的某所监狱时，前面可用冠词，但通常情况下，该词前面不用冠词，侧重表示被监禁状态。

  cell n. 单间牢房，囚室

〔辨析〕指监狱或警察局里的单人牢房或小隔离室。

  jail n. 监狱，看守所

〔辨析〕词义同 prison, 可换用。

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)

   Synonym:    jailhousegaolclinkslammerpokypokey

verb

1. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
   1. The suspects were imprisoned without trial
   2. the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life

   Synonym:    imprisonincarceratelagimmureput behind barsjuggaolput awayremand