单词详解

  n.

A.监狱；监牢(a building where people are kept as punishment for a crime they committed)

  He was sent to prison for five years.他被关押了五年。

B.看守所；拘留所( a build where people are kept while they are waiting for trial )

  She is in prison, waiting trial.他正在拘押候审中。

C.难以脱身的地方；牢笼（a place from which sb. cannot escape）

  His hospital room had become a prison.他的病房变成了牢笼。

相关词组

1.be in prison在狱中

  NelsonMandelafought for black people and was in prison for almost thirty years.

纳尔逊·曼德拉为黑人而战，并坐了30年的牢。

2.go to prison入狱；被监禁

  He went to prison because of theft.他因盗窃入狱。

3.escape from prison越狱

  He escaped from prison and stayed in deserted building.

他从监狱逃出来，呆在一所废弃的大楼里。

4. put/cast/throw sb. into prison 把某人关进监狱

  The poor old man has been thrown into prison.那个可怜的老人被关进监狱。

 相关单词

 复数：prisons

 近义词：jail