imprison
verb[Tusually passive]
uk/ɪmˈprɪz.ən/us/ɪmˈprɪz.ən/C1
to put someone inprison:
关押，囚禁He was imprisoned in 1965forattemptedmurder.他因谋杀未遂于1965年被监禁。
figurativeUnable to go out because of thedeepsnow, shefeltimprisoned in her ownhouse.她因雪深无法外出，感觉自己像被囚在了屋内。
Synonym
jail
Putting people in prison
- at His/Her Majesty's pleasureidiom
- bangsomeoneup
- bar
- behind barsidiom
- bird
- commit
- immure
- immured
- imprisonment
- incarcerate
- incarceration
- intern
- pen
- putsomethingaway
- remand
- restraint
- rot
- rot in jail, prison, etc.idiom
- solitary
- stretch