请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 guardrooms
释义

guardroom

noun

guard·​room ˈgärd-ˌrüm How to pronounce guardroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
1
: a room occupied by a military guard during its term of duty
2
: a room where military prisoners are confined

Synonyms

  • bastille
  • big house [slang]
  • bridewell
  • brig
  • calaboose
  • can
  • clink [slang]
  • cooler
  • coop
  • hock
  • hold
  • hoosegow
  • jail
  • jailhouse
  • joint [slang]
  • jug
  • lockup
  • nick [British slang]
  • pen
  • penitentiary
  • pokey [slang]
  • prison
  • quod [British slang]
  • slam
  • slammer
  • stir [slang]
  • stockade
  • tolbooth [Scottish]
See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

hauled the prisoners of war into the guardroom and sent for the doctor on duty

Word History

First Known Use

1671, in the meaning defined at sense 1

guardrooms

noun

plural of guardroom
as in penitentiaries
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody hauled the prisoners of war into the guardroom and sent for the doctor on duty

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • penitentiaries
  • jails
  • prisons
  • brigs
  • stockades
  • pens
  • coops
  • big houses
  • bastilles
  • bridewells
  • lockups
  • cages
  • jugs
  • coolers
  • tanks
  • quods
  • pokeys
  • tolbooths
  • hocks
  • dungeons
  • jailhouses
  • slammers
  • guardhouses
  • clinks
  • joints
  • cans
  • cells
  • nicks
  • calabooses
  • slams
  • wards
  • stirs
  • hoosegows
  • bull pens
  • holds
  • holes
  • hulks
  • glasshouses
  • concentration camps
  • prison camps
  • labor camps
  • work camps
  • blocks
  • reformatories
  • gulags
  • reform schools
  • keeps
  • oubliettes
  • training schools
  • stalags

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • outsides
随便看

 

英语词典包含469781条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/20 17:32:34