核心畫面

A locked building where people who broke the law are shut away. The whole word turns on that one picture of being locked up; the verb is simply the action of putting someone into that place.

可以想成一棟上了鎖的建築物,犯法的人被關在裡面、出不來。整個字就圍著這個「被鎖起來」的畫面打轉;動詞不過是把人送進這更多收起可以想成一棟上了鎖的建築物,犯法的人被關在裡面、出不來。整個字就圍著這個「被鎖起來」的畫面打轉;動詞不過是把人送進這個地方的那個動作。

One branch

關人的地方與關人的動作

同一個畫面的兩面:一個是那棟鎖人的房子(名詞),一個是把人送進去的動作(動詞)。

prison · noun · B1

A place where people are locked up after breaking the law, or while they wait for their trial.

監獄

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

jailnoun/d͡ʒeɪl/

  • 1

    A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.

    • serve time in jail
    • released from jail
  • 2

    Confinement in a jail.

    • He said Robins had not been in trouble with the law before and had no previous convictions. Jail would have an adverse effect on her and her three children as she was the main carer.
  • 3

    hobbieshorse-racinghorseracingThe condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).

  • 4

    In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.

  • 5

    computingengineeringmathematicsA kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance.

jailverb/d͡ʒeɪl/

  • 1

    To imprison, incarcerate, enjail.

    • It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.
    • A 22-year-old man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 25 years for fatally stabbing 22-year-old Tashan Daniel in an unprovoked attack at Hillingdon Underground station on September 24 2019.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。