| 单词 | on lockdown |
| 释义 | > as lemmason lockdown a. The confinement of prisoners to their cells for an extended period of time, usually as a security measure following a disturbance; the time at which such confinement begins. Also in the context of a psychiatric hospital or other secure unit. Frequently in on lockdown, in lockdown. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [noun] prisonOE bonda1225 beclosing?c1225 narrowth?c1225 holdc1330 banda1400 festinance1426 duressc1430 enclosingc1440 closeness1530 durancea1535 closure1592 reclusedness1613 confinement1646 immurement1736 immuration1895 hack1899 prisonment1900 lockdown1973 1973 Fresno (Calif.) Bee 3 Dec. 1 A full-scale lockdown..was imposed immediately after the knifing. 1981 United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 20 Nov. Three patients fled the hospital early Thursday, raising to 10 the number of escapes this month from Patton State Hospital and triggered a lockdown at the facility. 1988 W. Churchill & J. Vander Wall Agents of Repression xi. 326 [He] has spent some ten and one-half years in prison..and much of this in solitary confinement or under conditions of general ‘lockdown’. 1996 Chicago Tribune 24 Nov. ii. 8/3 Pontiac already has been on lockdown nearly full time—last year inmates there were confined to their cells round-the-clock for 264 days. 1998 P. Melville Migration of Ghosts (1999) 151 One afternoon in the dormitory after lock-down, a strong wind began to blow through the bars. 2006 Daily Tel. 13 July 7/1 They will be in total lockdown for 23 out of 24 hours. < as lemmas |
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