单词详解

  n.

A.犯人；囚犯( a prison who is kept in prison as a punishment, or while they are waiting for 

  trial )

  The prisoners were trying to escape.那些囚犯正设法逃跑。

  The number of all kinds of prisoners has fallen.各类囚犯的数目下降了。

B.俘虏；战俘( a person who has been captured by an enemy, and is being kept somewhere )

   He was taken prisoner by rebel soldiers.他被叛军俘虏了。

C.失去自由的人或物( a person who is confined )

  She is afraid to go out and has become a prisoner in her own room.

她不敢出门，已成了关在家中的囚犯。

 相关词组

1. political prisoner政治犯

  He was a political prisoner.他曾是个政治犯。

2. take sb. prisoner俘虏某人

  He was captured and taken prisoner by enemy soldiers.他被敌军俘虏了。

相关单词

复数：prisoners