请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 prisoner
释义

prisoner

[ priz-uh-ner, priz-ner ]
/ ˈprɪz ə nər, ˈprɪz nər /
SEE SYNONYMS FOR prisoner ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

a person who is confined in prison or kept in custody, especially as the result of legal process.
prisoner of war.
a person or thing that is deprived of liberty or kept in restraint.

Origin of prisoner

1300–50; Middle English <Anglo-French. See prison, -er2

Words nearby prisoner

prism binocular, prism diopter, prismoid, prison, prison camp, prisoner, prisoner of war, prisoner's base, prisoner's dilemma, prison fever, prison pallor
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for prisoner

British Dictionary definitions for prisoner

prisoner
/ (ˈprɪzənə) /

noun

a person deprived of liberty and kept in prison or some other form of custody as a punishment for a crime, while awaiting trial, or for some other reason
a person confined by any of various restraintswe are all prisoners of time
take no prisoners informal to be uncompromising and resolute in one's actions
take someone prisoner to capture and hold someone as a prisoner, esp as a prisoner of war
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
随便看

 

英语词典包含192737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:2025/3/10 13:15:22