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单词 prisonscape
释义

prisonscapen.

Brit. /ˈprɪznskeɪp/, U.S. /ˈprɪznˌskeɪp/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prison n., -scape comb. form.
Etymology: < prison n. + -scape comb. form.
A view or picture dominated by a prison or prisons.
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1796 C. Smith Marchmont IV. 339 My simile..brings me to remark on the landscape, or rather the prison-scape around me.
1983 G. Seymour Archangel 32 For thirty miles the branch line from Pot'ma winds north across the desolation of the prisonscape.
2001 Kansas City Pitch Weekly (Missouri) (Nexis) 2 Aug. (Arts & Culture section) Tourlentes shoots landscapes—or rather, prisonscapes: exquisitely moody black-and-white shots of penitentiaries at night.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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