jail是什么意思？

jail

英[dʒeɪl] 美[dʒel]

• n. 监狱，拘留所；
• vt. 监禁，拘留；

复数：jails;

第三人称单数：jails;

过去式：jailed;

过去分词：jailed;

现在分词：jailing;

例句

• If she carries on shoplifting, she’ll end up in jail. 她如果还在店铺里偷东西,最终会被抓进监狱的。
• He has been in jail several times, but recently he seems to have turned over a new leaf. 他坐过几次牢, 但近来似乎已改过自新。
• The criminal was committed to jail. 罪犯已押交监狱。
• He was in no sense a political prisoner, but a gangster and racketeer who rightly did six years in jail. 他绝不是一个政治犯，而是一个歹徒和敲诈勒索犯，罪有应得地在监狱里蹲了6年。
• The judge did not jail the young man, but put him on probation for a year. 法官没有把那个年轻人关进监狱, 而且将他缓刑察看一年。
• After his experience in jail, he has a pretty jaundiced view of the penal system. 经历了牢狱生活之后，他对刑罚制度颇有成见。
• The castle had been used as a jail. 这城堡曾用作监狱。
• The police intercepted the flight of the escaped criminal and put him back in jail. 警察把越狱的罪犯拦截并押回监狱。
• The police put the culprit in jail. 警方把罪犯投入监狱。
• He picked a fight with a waiter and landed in jail. 他找碴儿跟服务生打了一架，最后进了监狱。

同义词

• vt.
  jail的同义词之：监禁
  incarcerate, captive, hold, imprison, up, lock,
• jail的同义词之：其他释义
  incarcerate, lock, captive, prison, cage, imprison, jug, up, hold,

同义词解析

• 以下这些动词均包含 "监禁" 的意思
  confine：指监禁或幽禁；也指任何使行动受到限制的行为。
  imprison：较正式用词，多指较长时间的监禁。
  jail：(英国用gaol)多指审判之间的拘禁或对罪行较轻的罪犯的监禁。
• 以下这些名词均有"牢房，监狱" 的意思
  jail(英国英语拼写为gaol)指收犯轻罪的人或未经判决的人的处所。
  prison：指触犯刑律的人被关押的地方，通常指判决后的罪犯居留地。
  cell：指单人牢房或几个人合住的小牢房。

英语四级真题

Although many of Hills dale's students came from wealthy households, by the late 1990 average test scores were sliding and it had earned the unaffectionate nickname (绰号) "Hills jail.
出自-2012年6月阅读原文

英语六级真题

Others highlight the strain that undocumented immigrants place on public services, like schools, hospitals, and jails.
出自-2011年6月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-VAR
  监狱；看守所
  A jail is a place where criminals are kept in order to punish them, or where people waiting to be tried are kept.
  例句
  Three prisoners escaped from a jail. 3名囚犯越狱了。
• VERB
  使入狱；监禁
  If someone is jailed, they are put into jail.
  例句
  He was jailed for twenty years. 他被判了20年监禁。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  监狱
  The castle had been used as a jail. 这城堡曾用作监狱。
• vt.
  监禁, 拘留
  He was jailed for life for murder. 他因杀人罪被终生监禁。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
• Verb
  1. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail;
  "The suspects were imprisoned without trial""the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"

行业词典

• 法律： 看守所；牢狱；拘役所；