jail

汉语翻译

n. 监牢, 监狱, 拘留所
vt. 监禁, 下狱
【法】 监狱

词型变化：

动词过去式:jailed 过去分词:jailed 现在分词:jailing 第三人称单数:jails 

词意辨析：

confine, imprison, jail

这些动词均含“监禁”之意。
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。

jail, prison, cell

这些名词均有“牢房、监狱”之意。
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。

英语解释：

名词 jail:

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)
   同义词：jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey

动词 jail:

1. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
   同义词：imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jug, gaol, put away, remand

例句：

1. Several prisoners broke out of the jail.
   有几名囚犯越狱了。
2. A day in jail cooled him off.
   一天的铁窗生活使他冷静了下来。
3. The police carted the protesters off to jail.
   警察把抗议者押送监狱。
4. I always said he would wind up in jail.
   我常说他到头来非进监狱不可。
5. The whole jail was shrouded in darkness.
   整座监狱笼罩在黑暗之中。
6. A jail for the detention of military personnel guilty of minor offenses or awaiting court-martial.
   军人禁闭室军队中拘禁犯有轻微过失的军人或等候军事宣判的军人的监牢
7. The prisoner was put into the jail with fetters.
   这个犯人被戴上脚镣投进了监狱。

详细解释：

jail

n.（名词）
A place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention; a prison.
监狱：依法律上的置留而监禁人的地方；监狱
Detention in a jail.
拘禁：监狱中的置留
n.attributive.（定语名词）
Often used to modify another noun:
经常用来修饰另一个名词：
例句：
a jail population; jail conditions.
监狱人数；监狱中的情况

v.tr.（及物动词）
jailed,jail.ing,jails
To detain in custody; imprison.
监禁：关押；禁锢

来源：
From Middle English jaiole from Old French
源自 中古英语 jaiole 源自 古法语
and from Middle English gaiol, gaol from Old North French gaiole
并源自 中古英语 gaiol, gaol 源自 古法国北方方言 gaiole
both from Vulgar Latin *gaviola
都源自 俗拉丁语 *gaviola
from Latin *caveola [diminutive of] cavea [cage, hollow]
源自 拉丁语 *caveola [] cavea的小后缀 [笼子，洞，穴]