| 单词 | jail |
| 释义 | Word Frequency jail or gaol (dʒeɪl) noun 1. a place for the confinement of persons convicted and sentenced to imprisonment or of persons awaiting trial to whom bail is not granted 2. get out of jail verb 3. (transitive) to confine in prison Derived forms jailless (ˈjailless) or gaolless (ˈgaolless) adjective jail-like (ˈjail-like) or gaol-like (ˈgaol-like) adjective Word origin C13: from Old French jaiole cage, from Vulgar Latin caveola (unattested), from Latin cavea enclosure; see cage: the two spellings derive from the forms of the word that developed in two differentareas of France, and the spelling gaol represents a pronunciation in use until the 17th century |
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