单词 | prison pit |
释义 | > as lemmasprison pit prison pit n. ΚΠ a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) 8117 (MED) As a derke prisoun pitte Þat no light shineþ in itte. 1646 P. Bulkley Gospel-covenant i. 21 To see the children of our father in the dungeon, and prison-pit. 1869 W. Smith Dict. Bible II. 1257/2 The princes of Judah..threw him into the prison-pit, to die there. 1990 Washington Post (Nexis) 30 Sept. d1 Imprisoned in one of UNITA's damp prison pits dug deep into the soil, the rotund and jovial Sangumba is alleged to have dwindled to a thin, haggard and sickly reflection of himself before he died. < as lemmas |
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