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单词 prisoner
释义
prisonerpris‧on‧er /ˈprɪzənə $ -ər/ ●●● S3 W2 noun [countable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • All the soldiers were either killed or taken prisoner.
  • enemy prisoners
  • Her father spent three years as a prisoner of war in Korea.
  • It's a science fiction story about people being taken to another planet as prisoners.
  • Mann was held prisoner in the back of the Chevrolet and told she was going to be killed.
  • My parents were very strict. Sometimes I felt like a prisoner in my own home.
  • The prisoners are allowed an hour's exercise every day.
  • The county has 90 prisoners in a jail designed for 29.
  • The state now has 152,000 prisoners in 32 prisons.
  • There have been reports of the systematic torture of political prisoners.
  • Thousands of political prisoners remain imprisoned, frequently as a result of unfair trials.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A prisoner release organisation was helping him find accommodation.
  • But Eskel Gorov was a prisoner in their hands, and Gorov was not a hostage to lose.
  • But the typist turns out to be a prisoner serving a sentence for rape.
  • The prisoners can each be sure of benefiting if they have a previously agreed pact never to confess, whatever the circumstances.
  • The prisoners who went insane were those who were illiterate and without imagination.
  • The courtrooms were on the upper floors, and the prisoners were brought into the service bay.
  • We have lost a division general and two or three regiments of our soldiers as prisoners.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
someone who is kept in a prison as a punishment for a crime, or while they are waiting for their trial: · Prisoners may be locked in their cells for twenty-two hours a day.· a prisoner serving a life sentence for murder
especially written someone who has been found guilty of a crime and sent to a prison. Convict is used especially about someone who is sent to prison for a long time. It is more commonly used in historical descriptions, or in the phrase an escaped convict: · The convicts were sent from England to Australia.· Police were hunting for an escaped convict.· Low-risk convicts help to fight forest fires and clean up public lands.
someone who is kept in a prison or a mental hospital: · Some inmates are allowed to have special privileges.· He was described by a fellow inmate as a quiet man.
especially literary someone who is kept somewhere and not allowed to go free, especially in a war or fighting. Captive is a rather formal word which is used especially in literature: · Their objective was to disarm the enemy and release the captives.· She was held captive (=kept as a prisoner) in the jungle for over three years.
a soldier, member of the navy etc who is caught by the enemy during a war and kept in the enemy’s country: · My grandad was a prisoner of war in Germany.· They agreed to release two Iranian prisoners of war.
someone who is kept somewhere as a prisoner, in order to force people to agree to do something, for example in order to get money or to achieve a political aim: · Diplomats are continuing their efforts to secure the release of the hostages.· The US hostages were held in Tehran for over a year.
someone who is kept in a prison, usually because of their political views and often without a trial: · In some cases, political detainees have been beaten or mistreated.· 23,531 people passed through the camps between 1944 and 1962, including 14,647 political internees.· the detainees at Guantanamo Bay
Longman Language Activatorto catch someone and make them a prisoner
to catch a person in order to make them a prisoner: · They've captured twenty enemy soldiers.· Cole was captured after his plane was shot down outside Hanoi.
to catch several people by bringing them together from different places: round up somebody: · Officers succeeded in rounding up most of the gang members.round somebody up: · People are saying that the civil guard rounded several of the protestors up and shot them.
to catch someone, especially in a war, and keep them as a prisoner: · Ellison was taken prisoner by the Germans during the retreat to Dunkirk.· Military police took Kilby prisoner and locked him in a barn.· 350 soldiers were killed and another 300 taken prisoner.
to catch someone for a second time when they have escaped after being caught once: · Viet Cong forces quickly recaptured the soldiers.· The prisoners were recaptured a few hours after their escape.
unable to escape
· I've locked all the doors and windows - he can't get out.· Two of the children couldn't escape, and died in the fire.
unable to escape from a dangerous place or an unpleasant situation: · The miners have been trapped underground for three days.· He was beginning to feel trapped in his job.· The two trapped firefighters were rescued on the second day.
especially spoken to be unable to escape from an unpleasant or boring situation: be stuck in/with/here: · I don't want to be stuck in an office all my life.· I'm tired of being stuck here with the kids all day.
informal to be unable to leave a place, so that you feel bored or very impatient: be cooped up in: · I didn't want to be cooped up in a small hotel room, while everyone else enjoyed the sea.be cooped up with: · I don't know how she survives being cooped up with three screaming kids all day!
used to say that there does not seem to be any way of escaping from a dangerous or unpleasant place or situation: · Don't even try to get out of here - there's no escape.there is no escape from: · There seems to be no escape from the noise and confusion of city life.
to be unable to escape, or feel too frightened to escape, from the place where you are or from an unpleasant situation: · Some of these old people are imprisoned in their own homes by the threat of violence on the streets.
to be unable to escape, for example from a place, an unpleasant situation, or your own thoughts and opinions, so that you feel you cannot do anything to change things: · The door was locked from the outside, and suddenly they realized they were prisoners.be a prisoner of: · In some respects I'm a prisoner of my past - I don't feel I can just start over.
someone who is forced to stay in a place
someone who is kept in a place, especially a prison, as punishment for a crime: · The state now has 152,000 prisoners in 32 prisons.prisoner of war (=someone who is kept prisoner by the enemy during a war): · Her father spent three years as a prisoner of war in Korea.political prisoner (=someone who is in prison because of their political beliefs): · There have been reports of the systematic torture of political prisoners.take somebody prisoner (=make someone your prisoner): · All the soldiers were either killed or taken prisoner.
someone who is kept in a place illegally: · All the captives were kept in a darkened room with their hands tied.· The rebels promise to release their captives unharmed if their demands are met.take somebody captive (=make someone your captive): · Armed gunmen broke into the church and took the priest captive.
someone who is illegally kept in a place by someone who threatens to harm or kill them as a way of making someone else pay money or do what they want: · The group has threatened to kill the hostages unless the government frees 15 political prisoners.· An attempt to rescue the American hostages ended in disaster.take somebody hostage (=make someone your hostage): · The medical team were captured and taken hostage.
to keep someone in a place as a prisoner
to make someone stay in a place and not let them leave, especially as a prisoner: · You can't keep me here against my will - get out of my way.keep somebody in/at etc something: · The guerrillas were keeping the hostages in a camp somewhere in the jungle.· Prisoners were kept in cells with no beds and no running water.
to keep someone somewhere, especially for a short period of time, before deciding what to do with them: · Police are holding two men for questioning in connection with the robbery.· No one knows where the kidnapped woman is being held.hold somebody in/at etc something: · The prisoners were held at Andersonville until more suitable places were found.
to illegally keep someone in a place where they do not want to be, especially as a way of forcing someone to give you money or do what you want: · Police raided the building where rebels were holding 73 government employees captive.hold sb prisoner/captive/hostage in/at etc something: · Four other US citizens are being held hostage by guerrillas in Colombia.· The woman had been held prisoner in Larkin's basement for 3 months.
informal to put someone in a place, especially a prison, and lock it so that they cannot escape: lock somebody up/away: · Didn't they lock his brother away for murder?lock up/away somebody: · The governor argues that locking up criminals has reduced the crime rate.· Prisoners are locked up in their cells for twenty three hours a day.
to keep someone in a room or small place, so that they cannot go where they want to: confine somebody in something: · The boy had been confined in a dark narrow room from early childhood by his parents.confine somebody to something: · The judge is confining the jury to their hotel until after the verdict.
if the police detain someone who they think has done something illegal, they keep them somewhere, usually in order to ask them questions: · Three men from the ship have been detained for questioning by the Harbour Authorities.· The police are now allowed to detain terrorist suspects for as long as a week.
if the police hold or keep someone in custody they keep them in prison until it is time for them to be judged in a court: · McCullough will be kept in custody until her trial on May 3rd.hold/keep somebody in police custody (=in a police station): · A man has been arrested in connection with the murder and is being held in police custody.
someone who is in prison as a punishment for a crime
someone who is kept in prison as a punishment: · The prisoners are allowed an hour's exercise every day.political prisoner (=someone who is a prisoner because of their political beliefs): · Thousands of political prisoners remain imprisoned, frequently as a result of unfair trials.
someone who has been proved guilty of a crime and has been sent to prison: · Sakhalin was an island where convicts were sent, 700 miles from Khabarovsk.ex-convict (=someone who used to be in prison): · Stubbs was an ex-convict who got a job as a security guard.an escaped convict (=someone who has escaped from prison): · There was a report on the news about an escaped convict.
a prisoner in a particular prison: · More than half the inmates were there for some sort of violent crime.prison inmate: · The number of prison inmates has been increasing in recent years.
someone who is kept in a place when they do not want to be there
· My parents were very strict. Sometimes I felt like a prisoner in my own home.· It's a science fiction story about people being taken to another planet as prisoners.hold/keep somebody prisoner · Mann was held prisoner in the back of the Chevrolet and told she was going to be killed.
a soldier etc who is caught by the enemy during a war and kept as a prisoner: · There were general codes covering such matters as the treatment of prisoners of war.· a POW camp
someone who is kept in a place illegally, especially in a war - used especially in literature: · All the captives were kept in a darkened room with their hands tied.· The rebels promised to release their captives unharmed if the government did as they said.
someone who is kept as a prisoner by an enemy country or organization, and is threatened with death or injury if that person's government or organization does not do what the enemy wants: · The terrorists say that they will kill the hostages if we don't agree to their demands.· An attempt to rescue the American hostages ended in disaster when a helicopter crashed.take somebody hostage (=make someone your hostage): · The medical team were captured and taken hostage.hold somebody hostage (=keep someone in a place as your hostage): · A British journalist was held hostage for over four years.
someone who is being kept in a place by the police while they are waiting to go to court, or so that the police can ask them questions about something illegal they may have done: · The government has ordered the trial of all detainees within six months.· According to a recent report, many detainees claim that police have mistreated them.
WORD SETS
alarmed, adjectiveallegation, nounamnesty, nounbail, nounbreath test, nouncharge sheet, nouncircumstantial, adjectivecompensation, nouncompensatory, adjectivecomplicity, nouncondemned, adjectivecondemned cell, nounconfess, verbconfession, nounconman, nouncontraband, nouncuff, verbdebug, verbdetain, verbdick, nounenforce, verbfed, nounFederal Bureau of Investigation, nounflogging, nounforensic, adjectivegallows, noungaolbird, noungas chamber, noungibbet, nounguillotine, nounhang, verbhanging, nounhard labour, nounimpeach, verbKC, nounlaunder, verblawsuit, nounleg irons, nounlicensed, adjectivelicensing laws, nounlife, nounlife sentence, nounline-up, nounlynch, verblynch mob, nounpenalty point, nounpenology, nounpolygraph, nounposse, nounprisoner, nounracket, nounracketeer, nounracketeering, nounrake-off, nounransom, nounransom, verbreport, verbreprieve, nounriot, nounshop, verbsilk, nounspeed trap, nounstalker, nounstrip search, nountransport, verbtransportation, nountribunal, nounundercover, adjectivevictim, nounwrongdoing, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYADJECTIVES/NOUN + prisoner
British English (=one who is waiting for their trial)· A prison governor is refusing to accept any more remand prisoners.
(=one who is going to be punished by being killed)· There is an appeal process for condemned prisoners.
(=one who is in prison because of their political opinions)· They demanded that the military government free all political prisoners.
· Soldiers arrived, looking for escaped prisoners.
verbs
· Hundreds of prisoners were released.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=someone who is in prison because they have followed their beliefs about what is right or morally good to do)· Vaclav Havel was a prisoner of conscience who later became president of Czechoslovakia.
 an escaped prisoner
 A senior army officer was held hostage for four months.
 Both boys were taken prisoner.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· The man and wife arrested with him have been bailed but probably face further questioning about suspected harbouring of an escaped prisoner.· But the man who got into the front seat was Keith Hanger, an escaped prisoner wanted in connection with a murder.· The escaped prisoner saw us and screamed as he turned to run.· They had been brought here to round up the escaped prisoners but fortunately no one was giving them any information.· That morning Sir Henry and Barrymore argued about Selden, the escaped prisoner.· Deserters? Escaped prisoners of war?· He is hiding from some one, too, but he is not an escaped prisoner.· We were nothing to do with the prison camp or the escaped prisoners.
· Fourteen out of 15 of his fellow prisoners died.· Now the din from my fellow prisoners multiplied.· In Long Kesh Prison, fellow prisoners used to save for him part of their daily allowance of milk.· Truong Chinh and most of his fellow prisoners were released.· He preached to and instructed his fellow prisoners.· Escobar escaped from the ranch-style prison with his brother Roberto Escobar and eight fellow prisoners.
· He joined every other prisoner in the mess hall for breakfast each morning at six-thirty.· They picked him and one other as their prisoners, and let the others free to spread the news.· He was made a trusty and the other prisoners got on well with him.· Eddie Browning says he's angry over long delays facing other prisoners seeking appeal hearings.· He said he was not treated badly and that he was with other political prisoners.· The wrongfully convicted prisoner will be treated identically to any other prisoner by prison officers.· One in five were scared of other prisoners.· Subservience is also shown because other prisoners see it as a mask, necessary for survival for weaker or less competent prisoners.
· There are some 1,800 political prisoners.· In 1980, Ne Win released all political prisoners and invited those like Nu who had been in exile to return.· The goal is modest, like winning the release of a political prisoner 2.· Adopt a family whose breadwinner is a political prisoner or has been executed.· But he was not the criminal type. Political prisoner?· Growing pressure for democratic change On Oct. 3 the Appeal Court overturned the conviction and sentencing of two prominent political prisoners.· Political parties are trying to claim back property confiscated more than 60 years ago, and political prisoners are demanding financial compensation.
· In addition to this price for their success, the Allies had lost 169 raiders killed and about 200 taken prisoner.· Ninety-one thousand taken prisoner including twenty-four generals.
NOUN
· Keeping remand prisoners in police stations is another matter and is reprehensible.· Trained negotiators pursuaded a remand prisoner to release the man. unharmed.· The problem of remand prisoners, is particularly acute.· In addition, more remand prisoners were held in police or court cells.· If 1988 is any guideline only 60 percent of these remand prisoners will eventually receive custodial sentences.· For remand prisoners in particular, whose numbers increased sharply during the year, conditions were particularly poor.· Around 700 warders are stationed at the Belfast jail which houses loyalist and republican remand prisoners and only a few sentenced prisoners.· In the case of remand prisoners there is often no opportunity to work, even if they wish to do so.
VERB
· Detective Constable Julie Bignall was reported for allowing a prisoner to plait her hair.
· As people avoid more and more they become a prisoner of their anxiety.· I never wanted to become a prisoner of my overhead.· Researchers risk becoming prisoners, rather than critics, of government and its agents.· I was becoming a prisoner of my overhead.· She and her husband were shocked and appalled and wondered if they would become prisoners in their own home.· Fernand Braudel was serving as a lieutenant on the Rhine frontier and became a prisoner of war.
· Not only did he needlessly place himself in danger, but no charges were brought against his prisoners.· The drive to bring justice to the prisoners is attracting more mainland support.
· He traded places with a young married man, who was to be slaughtered in retribution for an escaped prisoner.
· In three days of releases in early September 465 prisoners were reported to have been freed.· Who set me free - warder or prisoner - I have no idea.· The rules are simple in that all you have to do is to move the blocks around to free the prisoner.· It worried Lord Auckland that a court could now refuse to free a prisoner whom his creditor wished to see released.· Farc commanders said the freed prisoners would not return to combat.· She had decided not to free the prisoners, so now she had to see what happened to the passengers.
· It was a gesture of strength to the man who held them prisoner, if nothing else.· The camp held about 250 prisoners.· Then they are trucked long distances to toil on remote plantations where they are held prisoner and compelled to work at gunpoint.· The population has always been held as prisoners and kept dependent upon others.· Security at prisons holding category A prisoners is already very tight, with rigorous searching procedures.· It is certified to hold 58 prisoners.· A contract has been placed for the supply of this equipment to prisons that hold category A prisoners.· The 24-hour gap between her last sighting and her murder suggests she may have been held prisoner before being killed.
· And we keep him prisoner here till he signs.· Usually they keep the prisoners first in the jail on Danilowiczalski Street.· She told how he kept her prisoner in the bunker for a week when she refused to pay up.· He kept her prisoner in her own home and threatened to electrocute her on a sunbed and burn her with an iron.· She was kept prisoner in Edinburgh and then in a castle on an islet in Loch Leven near Kinross.· He keeps her a prisoner in a fish pond where he stores the catch.· It wouldn't have kept the prisoners in, but they could have gone anyway had they chosen to do so.· His pleasure is keeping me prisoner.
· The Robe of Human Hands ... the enchantment that would release the prisoners ... Yes.· The king also released any prisoner that Leonard went to visit.· There is no historical evidence for the custom of releasing a prisoner at festival time, although such an amnesty was possible.· Not believing Mays was gone, the mob ransacked the jail, releasing white prisoners.· The first step needed for building confidence is for the regime to release all political prisoners.· Amnesty International is also harnessing text messages to apply speedy pressure on governments to release political prisoners.
· Rudolf Lenzner and his crew baling out to be taken prisoner when the bomber crashed at Bur Marrad.· Just watch out: the robots take no prisoners.· Jim Almonds had become separated from the rest and was taken prisoner.· Jarauta was taken prisoner, and his identity became known when he was addressed by one of the other captives.· Having been taken prisoner by Sicilians, he served as a galley-slave for two years.· Shortly thereafter, the confessed assassin was taken prisoner.· Only 120 of the 3400 rebels taken prisoner were executed and at least 40 of these were deserters from the royal army.· I took my prisoner to my secret cave on the other side of the island and gave him food and drink.
· In Central News tonight On trial: Did a policeman treat a prisoner like an animal?.· He found it hard to describe to me the abominable way in which he was treated in a prisoner of war camp.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounprisonprisonerimprisonmentadjectiveimprisonableverbimprison
1prisoner (1)someone who is kept in a prison as a legal punishment for a crime or while they are waiting for their trial → guard, imprison:  Relationships between the staff and the prisoners are good. Prisoners here only serve short sentences.remand prisoner British English (=someone who is in prison waiting for their trial) The organization is arguing for the release of political prisoners (=people in prison because of their political opinions).2someone who is taken by force and kept somewhere SYN  captivehold/keep somebody prisoner The guerrillas kept her prisoner for three months. He was being held prisoner. Our pilot was taken prisoner. The army advanced, taking 200,000 prisoners.3someone who is in a place or situation from which they cannot escape:  He is a prisoner of his own past.COLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + prisonera remand prisoner British English (=one who is waiting for their trial)· A prison governor is refusing to accept any more remand prisoners.a condemned prisoner (=one who is going to be punished by being killed)· There is an appeal process for condemned prisoners.a political prisoner (=one who is in prison because of their political opinions)· They demanded that the military government free all political prisoners.an escaped prisoner· Soldiers arrived, looking for escaped prisoners.verbsrelease/free a prisoner· Hundreds of prisoners were released.THESAURUSprisoner someone who is kept in a prison as a punishment for a crime, or while they are waiting for their trial: · Prisoners may be locked in their cells for twenty-two hours a day.· a prisoner serving a life sentence for murderconvict especially written someone who has been found guilty of a crime and sent to a prison. Convict is used especially about someone who is sent to prison for a long time. It is more commonly used in historical descriptions, or in the phrase an escaped convict: · The convicts were sent from England to Australia.· Police were hunting for an escaped convict.· Low-risk convicts help to fight forest fires and clean up public lands.inmate someone who is kept in a prison or a mental hospital: · Some inmates are allowed to have special privileges.· He was described by a fellow inmate as a quiet man.captive especially literary someone who is kept somewhere and not allowed to go free, especially in a war or fighting. Captive is a rather formal word which is used especially in literature: · Their objective was to disarm the enemy and release the captives.· She was held captive (=kept as a prisoner) in the jungle for over three years.prisoner of war a soldier, member of the navy etc who is caught by the enemy during a war and kept in the enemy’s country: · My grandad was a prisoner of war in Germany.· They agreed to release two Iranian prisoners of war.hostage someone who is kept somewhere as a prisoner, in order to force people to agree to do something, for example in order to get money or to achieve a political aim: · Diplomats are continuing their efforts to secure the release of the hostages.· The US hostages were held in Tehran for over a year.detainee/internee someone who is kept in a prison, usually because of their political views and often without a trial: · In some cases, political detainees have been beaten or mistreated.· 23,531 people passed through the camps between 1944 and 1962, including 14,647 political internees.· the detainees at Guantanamo Bay
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