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jail

释义

jail

noun countable/uncountable

UK /dʒeɪl/

Word Forms

singular	jail
plural	jails

1
a place where people are put after they have been arrested, or where people go as punishment for a crime
in jail:
Adam spent 3 years in jail for drug possession.
go/be sent to jail:
She’s been sent to jail for murder.
get out of jail:
He was stealing again, two months after getting out of jail.
Synonyms and related words
Types of prison or detention centre
boot camp
borstal
brig

jail

noun countable/uncountable

US /dʒeɪl/

Word Forms

singular	jail
plural	jails

1
a place where people are put after they have been arrested, or where people go as punishment for a crime
the county jail
in jail:
Adam spent 3 years in jail for drug possession.
go/be sent to jail:
She’s been sent to jail for murder.
get out of jail:
He was stealing again, two months after getting out of jail.
Synonyms and related words
Types of prison or detention center
boot camp
borstal
brig

jail

verb transitive usually passive

UK /dʒeɪl/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	jail
he/she/it	jails
present participle	jailing
past tense	jailed
past participle	jailed

1
to put someone in jail
jail someone for something:
He was jailed for drink-driving.
Synonyms and related words
To put someone in a prison, or to keep them as a prisoner
jail
imprison
detain

jail

verb transitive usually passive

US /dʒeɪl/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	jail
he/she/it	jails
present participle	jailing
past tense	jailed
past participle	jailed

1
to put someone in jail
jail someone for something:
He was jailed for drunk driving.
Synonyms and related words
To put someone in a prison, or to keep them as a prisoner
jail
imprison
detain

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