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单词 prison door
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prison doorn.

Brit. /ˌprɪzn ˈdɔː/, U.S. /ˈprɪzn ˈdɔr/
Forms: see prison n. and door n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prison n., door n.
Etymology: < prison n. + door n.
The door of a prison. Also figurative.
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prison doorc1330
security door1904
c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) 1427 (MED) At þe prisoun dore Beues fond A tronsoun.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 19305 (MED) Þe prisun dors [a1400 Gött. presuns dors] left als he fand—Noiþer he brak ne barr ne band.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxv. 29 (MED) Whanne he was Comen to the presown dore..there Cam Owt tho A schyneng lyht.
a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 81 He openyd þe pryson-dyrre and bade hym go.
1532 in H. M. Paton Accts. Masters of Wks. (1957) I. 105 To the presoun dure xxiiii nalis.
1592 in Recusant Hist. (1970) Jan. 236 Paide for 2 greet banndes and 2 crookes to the prison dore.
1600 in C. Innes Black Bk. Taymouth (1855) 337 Of hingand loks at the yet and presone dur.
1615 S. Hieron Certaine Vsefull Medit. Death in Wks. (1620) I. 653 Death..is (as it were) the vnfolding of the net, or the breaking open of the prison doore.
1690 T. Burnet Theory of Earth iii. 67 The particles of fire, that are shut up in several bodies, will easily flie abroad, when by a further degree of relaxation you shake off their chains, and open the prison-doors.
1752 H. Fielding Amelia IV. xii. viii. 284 The Prison Doors immediately flew open; and Dr. Harrison introduced you, gayly tho' not richly dressed.
1792 M. Deverell Mary, Queen of Scots 115 Death breaks my prison doors; your triple bolts, And thick-barr'd windows too.
1830 J. F. Cooper Water Witch I. i. 17 No doubt the prison door, as you have so clearly expressed it, might be opened.
1869 W. P. Mackay Grace & Truth (1875) 26 The man that was condemned walks out free through the opened prison-doors.
1907 Smart Set Mar. 41/2 The prison doors were yawning a welcome for the runaways.
1962 ‘K. Orvis’ Damned & Destroyed xii. 82 When I sprung..Moss was standing by the prison door.
1991 J. Ryan Capt. Pugwash & Huge Reward (BNC) 30 He heard the hollow slam of the prison door.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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