单词 | prison chamber |
释义 | > as lemmasprison chamber prison chamber n. ΚΠ 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1394/1 Marbecke now beyng in his prison chamber, fel to his busines. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xiii. 97 Wee knew that wee should have that night in our prison chambers a better supper than any of those before us, who fed upon their three or foure dishes. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. i. 23 The passage..probably led to the prison-chamber, which Olivia had described. 1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun I. xxiv. 269 Some of them were prison chambers in times past, as old Tomaso will tell you. 1993 E. C. Bartels Spectacles of Strangeness 143 Indeed, the regicide takes place in a prison chamber, closed off from the public gaze, unseen even by the king. < as lemmas |
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