Word · Frequency #5079
jail
监狱;看守所;拘留所
A place or institution where people are kept in lawful custody, especially while awaiting trial or serving a short sentence.
- 1.
A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
关押被依法拘留或羁押者的场所或机构,尤指(美式用法)关押轻罪犯或等待司法程序者之处。
- 2.
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)
政府合法拘留人员(包括候审被告或服刑罪犯)的矫正机构
- 3.
Confinement in a jail.
监禁于监狱。
- 4.
The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).
赛马术语,指在让赛中被认领的马匹须在一定期限内(通常 30 天)不得在其他赛道参赛的规定所形成的状态。
- 5.
In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.
躲避球及相关游戏中,被球击中的玩家被限制的区域。
- 6.
A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance.
一种用于运行客户操作系统实例的沙盒。
监禁;拘留;关押;沙箱;隔离环境;出局区;被罚区;禁赛期;禁赛限制;关押被依法拘留或羁押者的场所或机构,尤指(美式用法)关押轻罪犯或等待司法程序者之处。
In use
The thief was sent to jail for six months.
Our city built a new jail last year.
The jail has strict security measures.
be in jail
jail前通常不加冠词,表示被监禁的状态。
He was in jail for two years.
他坐牢两年。
go to jail
固定搭配,jail前不加冠词。
If you commit a crime, you may go to jail.
如果你犯罪,可能会坐牢。
send sb to jail
send后接人,to jail为固定短语。
The judge sent him to jail for robbery.
法官因抢劫把他送进监狱。
Connections
Collocations
- in jail
- 在监狱里
- He spent three years in jail for robbery.他因抢劫在监狱里待了三年。
- go to jail
- 进监狱
- If you commit a crime, you could go to jail.如果你犯罪,你可能进监狱。
- put in jail
- 关进监狱
- The judge put the criminal in jail for ten years.法官把罪犯关进监狱十年。
- jail sentence
- 监禁刑期
- He received a five-year jail sentence.他被判了五年监禁刑期。
- jail time
- 坐牢时间
- She did six months of jail time for fraud.她因欺诈坐了六个月牢。
- escape from jail
- 越狱
Learner notes
Memory Tip
字母J形如监狱铁栏,ail联想到‘被困’,牢记jail是监狱。
Context & Register
Register: mixed. Typical contexts: legal proceedings, news reporting, everyday conversation. Note: 通常指地方性或临时性的拘留所,在正式法律文件中多使用“prison”,但日常用语中“jail”很常见。
Grammar Note
作名词时,通常与介词in连用表示服刑状态。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All these words share the stressed vowel and following sounds /eɪl/ with 'jail', forming a perfect rhyme. There are no misleading lookalikes in this set.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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