英语词汇“dark cell”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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dark cell

dark cell n. now historical a prison cell with no windows or other sources of light, in which a prisoner is kept in solitary confinement as a form of extreme punishment.

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1831 Rep. Select Comm. Secondary Punishments 5 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 276) VII. 519 There are two modes of solitary confinement; one is in the dark cells, where light is totally excluded, and bread and water is the diet.

1926 J. Black You can't Win ix. 114 The cooler or dark cell was the same as other cells, except that there was nothing in it and the door was solid, admitting no light.

2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 18 Jan. a12/3 The concept of solitary confinement, pioneered..in the ‘dark cells’ of San Quentin's dungeon.

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单词	dark cell
释义	> as lemmas dark cell dark cell n. now historical a prison cell with no windows or other sources of light, in which a prisoner is kept in solitary confinement as a form of extreme punishment. ΚΠ 1831 Rep. Select Comm. Secondary Punishments 5 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 276) VII. 519 There are two modes of solitary confinement; one is in the dark cells, where light is totally excluded, and bread and water is the diet. 1926 J. Black You can't Win ix. 114 The cooler or dark cell was the same as other cells, except that there was nothing in it and the door was solid, admitting no light. 2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 18 Jan. a12/3 The concept of solitary confinement, pioneered..in the ‘dark cells’ of San Quentin's dungeon. extracted from darkadj. < as lemmas
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