n. a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
n. a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement
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复数形式:prisons
常见例句
1
A bond or obligation given by a prisoner and his surety, to insure the prisoner's appearance in court, at the return of the writ. Special bail in court to abide the judgment.
2
a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries
3
a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner)
4
A long bar or bolt of iron with sliding shackles, and a lock at the end, to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, esp
