| 单词 | cellblock |
| 释义 | > as lemmascellblock cellblock n. originally U.S. a building or section of a building containing prison cells. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > ward or division of prison ward1338 death house1837 cell house1855 cellblock1867 society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > cell > line of cells cellblock1867 row1873 1867 E. C. Wines & T. W. Dwight Rep. Prisons & Reformatories U.S. & Canada i. 95 The cell blocks are of dressed stone, one hundred and sixty-five feet by twenty feet, five ranges high, and each range containing thirty-five cells. 1958 G. M. Sykes Society of Captives v. 94 Close friends possess a stronger claim than..the relative stranger from another cellblock. 2002 S. Turow Reversible Errors (2003) 118 When the main gate to the cellblock finally smashed closed behind them, Gillian's heart squeezed. < as lemmas |
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