jailbird

英 [ˈdʒeɪlbɜːd] 美 [ˈdʒeɪlbɜːrd]

n.  长期坐牢的囚犯

复数:jailbirds

BNC.43180 / COCA.36211



牛津词典

noun

  1. 长期坐牢的囚犯
    a person who has spent a lot of time in prison

    柯林斯词典

    1. 囚犯;犯人;坐过牢的人
      If you refer to someone as a jailbird, you mean that they are in prison, or have been in prison.

      双语例句

      1. Will Frances Liss divorce her jailbird husband to marry her tennis pro?
        弗朗西·利斯会和她作囚徒的丈夫离婚,嫁给她打网球伙伴吗?
      2. However, it was his role as brooding jailbird Michael Scofield in Prison Break that catapulted him firmly on to the TV A-list.
        当然最终使他名耀电视圈榜单的还是《越狱》中,小心谨慎的囚犯迈克尔·斯科菲尔德一角。
      3. He will be a jailbird for ages.
        我会让他坐穿牢底的。
      4. How could Melly have been so so well, there was no word for melanie's action in taking in this old ruffian and not telling her friends he was a jailbird.
        媚兰怎么会这么&这么。她不该收留这个老无赖,还不告诉朋友们他是个杀人犯。
      5. She said that it would be a cold day in hell before she befriended the former jailbird.
        她表示要是和希尔顿这个蹲过监狱的人做朋友的话,简直就是和下地狱一样。
      6. The Chumps series includes both street life hoodlum as well as incarcerated versions, complete with the whole jailbird outfit and ball& chain.
        笨蛋系列包括两街道生活流氓并且被禁闭的版本,完成与整体囚犯成套装备和球&束缚。
      7. After 1969, he has published a series of Post-modernist novels: Slaughterhouse-Five, Jailbird, and Breakfast of Champions. These works formally established his position in the novel community, and made him become a typical representative of the post-modernist writer.
        1969年后陆续发表的《五号屠场》、《冠军早餐》、《囚鸟》等后现代主义文学作品正式奠定了他在小说界的地位,也使他成为了后现代主义作家的典型代表。

      英英释义

      noun

      1. a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly

          Synonym:    jail birdgaolbird