| 单词 | inmate |
| 释义 | inmate (once / 618 pages) n An inmate is a person who lives in a specific place, especially someone who's confined there, like a prisoner. You can call yourself an Inmate if you get sent to your room, but usually inmates are behind bars in "the big house." You can talk about a hospital inmate or the inmates at a local boarding school, but it's most common to use inmate and prisoner interchangeably. Originally, in the 16th century, an inmate was "one allowed to live in a house rented by another" — a roommate who's not on the lease, in other words. This meaning comes from in and mate, "friend or companion." By the 1830s, inmate had come to mean "one confined to an institution." WORD FAMILYinmate: inmates USAGE EXAMPLES“They didn’t even say her name,” one inmate angrily says after overhearing the news conference. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) At the time of this weekend’s riot, the Anisio Jobim prison housed three times as many inmates as it was designed to hold, officials said. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) There are 59 federal inmates facing such sentences, according to the Bureau of Prisons. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1n one of several residents of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital) Hyper occupant, occupier, resident someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there 2n a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison Syn|Hypo|Hyper con, convict, yard bird, yardbird lifer a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment trustya convict who is considered trustworthy and granted special privileges captive, prisoner a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war 3n a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated Syn|Ant|Hyper inpatient outpatient a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated patient a person who requires medical care |
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