单词 | solitary confinement |
释义 | solitary confinementuncountable noun [usually in NOUN] A prisoner who is in solitary confinement is being kept alone away from all other prisoners, usually as a punishment. Last night he was being held in solitary confinement in Douglas jail. solitary confinement in British Englishnoun isolation imposed on a prisoner, as by confinement in a special cell solitary confinement in American English confinement of a prisoner in isolation from all other prisoners, often in a dungeonlikecell: a form of extra punishment for misconduct Examples of 'solitary confinement' in a sentence |
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