prison
/ˈpɹɪzn̩/ 名词 B1中文： 监狱、牢狱、监牢、班房
- A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government. · The cold stone walls of the prison had stood for over a century.
- Confinement in prison (sense 1). · Prison was a harrowing experience for him.
- Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home. · The academy was a prison for many of its students because of its strict teachers.
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The Cowardly Lion was much pleased to hear that the Wicked Witch had been melted by a bucket of water, and Dorothy at once unlocked the gate of his prison and set him free.
The larger the number of your family, the greater your cause of sorrow, in seeing them shut up in this prison-house.”
It is a matter of history—that secret history of a nation which is often so much more intimate and interesting than its public chronicles—that Oberstein, eager to complete the coup of his lifetime, came to the lure and was safely engulfed for fifteen years in a British prison.
Colonel Walter died in prison towards the end of the second year of his sentence.
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