n. a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
词态变化
复数形式:prisoners
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 long bar or bolt of iron with sliding shackles, and a lock at the end, to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, esp
3
-- now commonly with allusion to the cell (the Black Hole) in a fort at Calcutta, into which 146 English prisoners were thrust by the nabob Suraja Dowla on the night of June 20, 17656, and in which 123 of the prisoners died before morning from lack of air.
4
the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal n a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest n (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial n a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) n a connection that fastens things together n a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper
5
a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily
