gaol

英 [dʒeɪl]

美 [dʒeɪl]

n.  监牢，监狱；（英国文件中用“gaol”，一般文字中与“jail”通用，美国则用“jail”）；拘留所；监禁
v.  监禁

复数：gaols　过去分词：gaoled　过去式：gaoled　现在分词：gaoling　第三人称单数：gaols　

CET6考研IELTSTEM8

BNC.12250 / COCA.34762

柯林斯词典

• → see:jail

英英释义

noun

• a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
  Synonym:jailjailhouseclinkslammerpokypokey

verb

• lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
  1. The suspects were imprisoned without trial
  2. the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
  Synonym:imprisonincarceratelagimmureput behind barsjailjugput awayremand

双语例句

• Probation of the engineering testifies that the result is expected gaol.
  施工结果经试用表明达到预期目的。
• For one of the prisoners so summoned had died in gaol and been forgotten, and two had already been guillotined and forgotten.
  有一个已死在牢里，被人忘掉了；另外两个早已上了断头台，也被人忘掉了。
• She went to gaol for assault.
  她因人身侵犯而入狱。
• The judge find him guilty and sentence him to five year, iein gaol.
  法官判决他有罪，入狱五年。
• Since he escaped from gaol, Tom has been living on a razor's edge, terrified of recapture.
  有一个越狱者只逍遥法外两个小时就被警察又一次抓获。
• The thief was hustled off ( to gaol).
  那窃贼被推推搡搡（进入监房）。
• The bigger the crime, the longer the gaol sentence.
  犯的罪越大，刑期越长。
• Rilke used to say that no poet would mind going to gaol, since he would at least have time to explore the treasure house of his memory.
  里尔克曾经常常说，诗人都不会介意蹲监狱，因为那样他至少有时间探索他记忆的宝库。
• The whole family must go to gaol or commit suicide unless such a bill could be paid.
  不付账的话，她一家子不坐牢就得自杀。
• In the zoo, Tom did a very good job and more and more visitors came to see him. Since he escaped from gaol, Tom has been living on a razor's edge, terrified of recapture.
  在动物园里，汤姆干得很好，越来越多的游客来看他。汤姆越狱后，时时如惊弓之鸟，生怕再次被捕。