| 单词 | cell gallery |
| 释义 | > as lemmascell gallery cell gallery n. a raised walkway or gallery connecting the cells in a prison. ΚΠ 1791 J. Bentham Panopticon i. 17 Postscript The Cell-Galleries are..perfectly commanded by every station in the Inspection-part. 1852 H. Melville Pierre xxvi. 491 That sundown, Pierre stood solitary in a low dungeon of the city prison... The long tiers of massive cell-galleries above seemed partly piled on him. 1946 J. Monaghan Legend of Tom Horn xxiv. 240 Proctor climbed the iron steps to the cell gallery and put the key into the lock of the two convicts' cell. 1998 Northern Echo (Nexis) 6 Nov. 12 Look up at the three Victorian cell galleries and the difference is striking. < as lemmas |
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