jail
n. 监狱; 看守所
v. 监禁; 拘留
A jail is a place where criminals are kept in order to punish them, or where people waiting to be tried are kept.
Three prisoners escaped from a jail.
3名囚犯越狱了。
If someone is jailed, they are put into jail.
He was jailed for twenty years.
他被判了20年监禁。
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)
1. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail;
confine, imprison, jail
这些动词均含"监禁"之意。
jail, prison, cell
这些名词均有"牢房,监狱"之意。
The prisoner was taken under escort to the jail.
罪犯被押送到监狱.
If you don't learn how to keep your nose clean, you're going to end up in jail.
如果你不学会守法, 你会进监狱的.
After breaking out of jail, he hid out in a deserted farmhouse.
他越狱后躲藏在一个无人居住的农舍里.
The police put the culprit in jail.
警方把罪犯投入监狱.
The protesters were hauled off to jail.
抗议者被拉走投入监牢.