单词 | cellmate |
释义 | > as lemmascellmate cellmate n. a person with whom a cell (in later use, a prison cell) is shared. ΚΠ 1728 Mem. Eng. Officer 326 He had a hole Brother of the same Order, that was his Cell-mate, or Chamber-fellow. 1850 G. Thompson Prison Life & Refl. iii. ix. 331 At night, he was locked in his cell with his sickly cell-mate, without any light, where he frequently had fits! 1942 P. G. Wodehouse Let. 11 May in Yours, Plum (1990) iii. 90 When I was in Loos Prison the first week, a dozen of us were released because they were sixty, including my cellmate William Cartmell. 2003 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 22 Apr. 12/2 At the Pelican Bay State Prison..inmates are kept inside their tiny cells 22½ hours a day. Most have cellmates, but one-third are kept alone. < as lemmas |
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