jail
noun[CorU]
(UKold-fashionedgaol)uk/dʒeɪl/us/dʒeɪl/B1
aplacewherecriminalsarekepttopunishthem fortheircrimes, or wherepeopleaccusedofcrimesarekeptwhilewaitingfortheirtrials:
监狱；看守所the country'sovercrowdedjails该国过于拥挤的监狱
a 13-year jailsentence/term被判13年监禁
Thefinancierwasreleasedfromjail lastweek.那个金融家上周被释放了。
Theyspenttenyearsinjailforfraud.他们因欺诈罪入狱10年。
They don'tthrowanyonein jailforparkingillegally, but they willtowyourcarandchargeyou afine.他们不会因为违章停车而判人入狱，可是会拖走你的车还会罚款。
Synonym
clink
- Arrangements were made tomovetheprisonersto another jail.
- Hefacesthreeyearsin jail forsellingnarcotics.
- He'sstayedout oftroublesince he wasreleasedfrom jail lastyear.
- There has been amassbreakoutfrom one of Germany'stopsecurityjails.
- He has beenlanguishingin jail for the past 20years.
Prisons & parts of prisons
- approved school
- Bastille
- boot camp
- borstal
- brig
- clink
- dungeon
- gaol
- gaoler
- halfway house
- open prison
- panopticon
- penal colony
- penitentiary
- prison
- straightjacket
- straitjacket
- the gulag
- warder
- young offender institution
jail
verb[Toften passive]
(UKold-fashionedgaol)uk/dʒeɪl/us/dʒeɪl/to put someone in a jail:
监禁He was jailedforthreeyears.他被监禁了3年。
Synonym
imprison
- He was jailed for fourmonthsfordrink-driving.
- Protestors wereexecuted, jailed orotherwisepersecuted.
- He was jailed for 15yearsforstabbinghiswifetodeath.
- California's "threestrikesand you're out"billmeansthat from now oncriminalsfoundguiltyof threecrimesare jailed forlife.
- He was jailed forrevealingsecretsto the Russians.
Putting people in prison
- at His/Her Majesty's pleasureidiom
- bangsomeoneup
- bar
- behind barsidiom
- bird
- commit
- immure
- immured
- imprison
- imprisonment
- incarcerate
- intern
- pen
- putsomethingaway
- remand
- restraint
- rot
- rot in jail, prison, etc.idiom
- solitary
- stretch