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单词 gaol delivery
释义

deliver /di-livˈər/

transitive verb
  1. To liberate or set free (from restraint or danger)
  2. To rescue (from evil or fear)
  3. To give up
  4. To hand over, distribute or convey to the addressee
  5. To communicate, pronounce (a speech, message, etc)
  6. To unleash, throw (a blow, a ball, etc)
  7. To supply as expected or promised
  8. To discharge (eg water)
  9. To assist (a mother) at the birth (of)
intransitive verb (informal)

To keep a promise, fulfil an undertaking

adjective (obsolete)

Nimble

ORIGIN: Fr délivrer, from L from, and līberāre to set free, from līber free

deliverabilˈity noun

delivˈerable adjective

delivˈerance noun

  1. Liberation
  2. Release
  3. Parturition, giving birth (obsolete)
  4. The utterance of a judgement or authoritative opinion

delivˈerer noun

delivˈerly adverb (obsolete)

delivˈery noun

  1. The act of delivering
  2. The thing delivered
  3. A giving up
  4. The act or manner of speaking in public, of discharging a shot, or water, of bowling a cricket ball, etc
  5. The voluntary transfer of possessions from one person to another in a contract for the sale of goods (law)
  6. Withdrawal of a pattern from a mould
  7. A distribution
  8. The route or a round of distribution
  9. (the manner of) an act of giving birth

delivˈery-man noun

A man who goes round delivering goods

delivery note noun

A document sent with goods to the customer, detailing the goods and signed on receipt as evidence of their delivery

delivˈery-pipe or delivˈery-tube noun

One that delivers water, etc at the place where it is required

delivˈery-van noun

A tradesman's van for delivering goods at customers' premises

be delivered of (archaic)

To give birth to

deliver the goods (informal)

To carry out what is required or promised

general delivery

The delivery of letters at a post office to the persons to whom they are addressed, opp to house-to-house delivery

jail or gaol delivery see under jail

jail or gaol /jāl/

noun

A prison

transitive verb

To imprison

ORIGIN: OFr gaole (Fr geôle), from LL gabiola a cage, from L cavea a cage, from cavus hollow

jailˈer, jailˈor or gaolˈer noun

(also fem jailˈeress, etc) a person in charge of a jail or of prisoners

jailˈbait noun (slang)

A sexually attractive person who is below the legal age of consent (also adjective)

jailˈbird or gaolˈbird noun (informal)

Someone who often is, has been, or should be in jail

jailˈbreak or gaolˈbreak noun

An escape from prison

jailˈbreak or gaolˈbreak transitive verb

To modify (an electronic device) to allow it to use unauthorized software

jail delivery or gaol delivery noun

  1. The clearing of a jail by sending all prisoners to trial
  2. Deliverance from jail

jailˈ-fēver or gaolˈ-fēver noun

Typhus fever, once common in jails

jailˈhouse noun (US)

A prison

break jail or gaol

To force one's way out of prison

Commission of Jail Delivery

One of the commissions formerly issued to judges of assize and judges of the Central Criminal Court in England to try all prisoners

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