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单词 jail
释义
jail1 nounjail2 verb
jailjail1 (also gaol British English) /dʒeɪl/ ●●● S3 W2 noun [countable, uncountable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINjail1
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French jaiole, from Latin caveola, from cavea ‘cage’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • 58% of prisoners are in jail for non violent crimes.
  • Alfassi was taken to a cell in the Los Angeles County jail.
  • Grover got caught for not paying his taxes and went to jail.
  • The riots ended with long jail terms for 338 mobsters.
  • The strikers were harassed, beaten and put in jail for trespassing.
  • This old building is the jail that Butch Cassidy escaped from in 1887.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • If I stayed there, I would have been in jail.
  • It was a special open day for a jail which is now due to open in April.
  • New doubt over twenty men in top security jail.
  • Not because Sharpe already has spent time in jail.
  • That act of citizen charity left Barry free to reclaim city hall once he got out of jail.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
a large building where people are kept as a punishment for a crime or while they are waiting to go to court for their trial: · He was sentenced to five years in prison.· Wandsworth Prison
a prison, or a similar smaller building where prisoners are kept for a short time: · This old building is the jail that Butch Cassidy escaped from in 1887.· He was taken to a cell in the Los Angeles County Jail.· 58% of prisoners are in jail for non-violent crimes.· The strikers were harassed, beaten and put in jail for trespassing.· Grover got caught for not paying his taxes and was sent to jail.
British English another way of spelling jail: · He spent the night in gaol.
American English a large prison for people who are guilty of serious crimes: · the Ohio State Penitentiary· The murderer served 10 years at the penitentiary in Stillwater.· the abandoned federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island
American English formal an official word for a prison: · 1,000 prisoners rioted at the North County Correctional Facility.
British English, detention center American English a place where young people who have done something illegal are kept, because they are too young to go to prison. Also used about a place where people who have entered a country illegally are kept: · Kevin, who had been abandoned by his mother, had been in and out of detention centres all his life.· a juvenile detention center· Harmondsworth detention centre, near Heathrow airport
British English a prison in which prisoners have more freedom than in an ordinary prison, usually because their crimes were less serious: · In some open prisons, prisoners are allowed to go home at weekends.
a small room in a prison or police station, where someone is kept as a punishment: · a prison cell· Conditions were poor, and there were several prisoners to one cell.
Longman Language Activatorto be in prison as a punishment
· Both her sons are now in jail.· The two Irishmen were in prison for five years before they were found to be innocent.
informal to be in prison - used especially by someone who has been in prison and is talking about their experience: · "When I was inside," said Jimmy. "I really learned how to look after myself."
informal to be in prison for a period of time as a punishment for a crime: · Sid's wife ran off with another man while he was doing time.do time for: · None of us knew that Greg had done time for stealing cars.
to spend a period of time in prison, especially the period that a judge has said you must spend there: serve 3 years/6 months etc (for something): · Holt is currently serving five years for child abduction.serve time (for something): · Both the brothers had criminal records and had served time for robbery.serve time in prison/jail: · She met Schmidt while serving time in prison for drug possession.serve a sentence: · Fowler was released after serving two-thirds of his sentence.
a place where people are kept as punishment
a large building where people are kept as a punishment for a crime: · Conditions in the prison were shocking.· a maximum security prisonin prison: · Johnson pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years in prison.· The prosecuting lawyers say that Price may face life in prison.be released from prison: · When he was released from prison, Mandela was interviewed in Zambia.prison officials/conditions/regulations etc: · Clayton will be released on Tuesday after serving seven years, prison officials said.prison sentence (=how long someone has to spend in prison): · a fifteen-year prison sentence
a prison, or similar smaller building where prisoners who are waiting for a trial are kept: · This old building is the jail that Butch Cassidy escaped from in 1887.· Alfassi was taken to a cell in the Los Angeles County jail.in jail: · 58% of prisoners are in jail for non-violent crimes.be put/thrown in jail: · The strikers were harassed, beaten and put in jail for trespassing.go to jail/be sent to jail: · Grover got caught for not paying his taxes and went to jail.jail sentence/term (=how long someone has to spend in jail): · The riots ended with long jail terms for 338 mobsters.
American a large prison for people who are guilty of serious crimes: · The murderer served 10 years at the penitentiary in Stillwater.· the Ohio State penitentiary· the abandoned federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island
a small room in a prison or police station, where someone is kept as a punishment: · Conditions were poor, and there were several prisoners to one cell.prison/jail cell: · The prison cells have doors of heavy steel.
British /detention center American a place where young people who have done something illegal are kept, because they are too young to go to prison: · Kevin, who had been abandoned by his mother, had been in and out of detention centres all his life.· a juvenile detention center
to put someone in prison as a punishment
also send somebody to prison/jail to officially order someone to be taken to prison and kept there: · Eventually, her attacker was caught and put in prison.· The judge sent him to jail for seven years.
informal to put someone in prison - use this especially when you think that someone deserves to be in prison: lock somebody up: · Rapists deserve to be locked up for the rest of their lives.lock up somebody: · It costs $23,000 a year to lock up an adult.· Locking up more criminals has helped to reduce the crime rate and produce safer streets.
to put someone in prison - use this especially when you think that someone does not deserve to be in prison: · The court's decision suggests that it is OK to throw pregnant women in jail just because they are addicted.· When they called for free elections, the government threw them all in jail.
to put someone in prison for a fixed period of time - used especially in newspaper reports: · Many of the group's leaders have now been jailed.be jailed for (doing) something: · About 5000 people have been jailed for crimes of terrorism or treason since 1992.· Marco was arrested and jailed for accepting bribes from drug dealers.
formal to put someone in prison - use this especially when you think the punishment is wrong or unfair: · Thousands of civilians were arrested, imprisoned and killedbe imprisoned for (doing) something: · Two of the boys have been imprisoned for theft.· The priest had been imprisoned for preaching the gospel.
to put someone in prison - used in newspapers, television etc and in formal contexts: · Carter spent 19 years incarcerated in New Jersey on murder charges.· There are too many people on death row who are innocent of the crimes for which they are incarcerated.
to put someone, especially someone from another country, in prison during a war, because they are thought to be dangerous: · The French soldiers, who had surrendered without fighting, were interned in Hanoi.· Thousands died. And thousands were interned in forced labour camps.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
· They’re going to jail for a long time.
· The judge sent Meyer to jail for six years.
· The government would put him in jail if he stayed in the country.
(=put someone in jail)· Drunks were thrown in jail for a few days.
· Griffiths spent three days in jail after pushing a policeman.
(=spend time in jail)· He was finally released after serving 27 years in jail.
· He got out of jail after five years for armed robbery.
· More than 30 of those arrested were released from jail for lack of evidence.
· The killer has escaped from jail.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + jail
· The suspects were taken to the local jail.
· He was held without bail for thirty days in the county jail.
· Some inmates at the high-security jail had been wrongfully imprisoned.
jail + NOUN
· He’s serving a 7-year jail sentence.
(=period of time in jail)· He served only half of his three-month jail term.
· The suspect was found dead in his jail cell.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(also a custodial sentence British English formal)· If found guilty, he faces a long jail sentence.
· He faced a maximum prison term of 25 years.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· In April, Williams shared a jail cell with Wooten, in a housing assignment officials have said was an accident.· Yoyo imagines herself in a jail cell.· Found hanging by toreador pants in jail cell.· He had not been accused of a crime, yet Curtis Brown spent 10 of his last days in a jail cell.
· He was arrested and booked into the city jail for driving while intoxicated.· Billups was arrested and booked into San Francisco city jail.· She is being held in chains in the city jail and the possibility of bail has already been ruled out.
· In theory, that leaves the sheriff nothing to do but run the county jail.· We do the maintenance in the county jail.· Much to his regret, his last interview - with Houston detectives - earned him a trip to the county jail..· Iverson and Stewart were arrested and taken to New Kent County jail.· Living at the county jail in downtown Sacramento, he said the area around his cell was too noisy to sleep.· He was being held without bail at the Contra Costa County jail in Martinez.· At the county jail Mitchum and his friends were booked.· Currently, those sales carry a misdemeanor sentence of a year or less in the county jail.
· He spent the first six years at the Montelupich high-security jail.· A prisoner is on the roof of a top security jail protesting that he's innocent of murder.· New doubt over twenty men in top security jail.· Read in studio Prison officers at a maximum security jail say lives are being put at risk because of staff shortages.
· Besides the jail sentence Mr Hayton now faces and eight year driving ban increased from four years.· Pleading no contest to charges of improper handling of a firearm and reckless driving, Metcalf drew a suspended jail sentence.· If found guilty he faces a jail sentence of up to 20 years.· He served a two-month jail sentence and was put on three years' probation.· Mrs Mandela and Mrs Falati were given jail sentences last year but were released on bail pending an appeal.· Three eighteen-year-olds received jail sentences.· She was given a six month jail sentence.· Last year he was convicted of breaking that ban ... and was given a jail sentence.
· When the suit collapsed Aitken was charged with perjury, for which he served a seven-month jail term.· Conviction can bring a 10-year jail term and fine of up to $ 250, 000.· The man, who pleaded guilty, received an 18-month suspended jail term at Truro crown court in July.· Lockyer advocates less expensive alternatives to prison, such as longer county jail terms and carefully screened and monitored parole.· Mr Kulov was accused of abuse of power while in office, and sentenced to a jail term of seven years.· Muhammad Ali was banned from boxing and faced a jail term for standing up for his principles.· Seven received lesser jail terms and three defendants, all intelligence operatives, were acquitted.· Some will risk a fine and a jail term and refuse to register.
VERB
· He'd discovered that her friends were alive, and being held in a Gestapo jail near the Pont du Sevres.· Normally, bond hearings take place at Howard County District Court and the accused are held in jail.· She was held in jail overnight, and she alleges in her lawsuit that guards taunted her with ethnic slurs.· At Cambrai in 1076 a Cathar who had been judged heretical but not sentenced was being held in the local jail.· The fact that Mississippi continues to hold people in jail simply because they are mentally ill is unacceptable and inhumane.· Springer was held in jail overnight and was charged yesterday with assaulting a Secret Service officer.· He said the experience of being held in jail often exacerbates the illness.
· Boy, your job as the union lawyer is not to keep us out of jail.
· Late abortions may land doctors in jail Jackson, Miss.· Of those cases, only half are ever prosecuted, making the odds of landing in jail even smaller.· He had disappeared from some lists his senior year because of an incident that would eventually land him in jail.
· These are what have put Martin in jail for life, and Hague wants more of them.· The AFL-CIO was in shock. Put Boyle in jail for murder?· When Griffin failed to complete his sentence, he was put in jail for 18 days.· Then she put Miguelito in jail.· I know that, as a teenager, he was caught stealing copper pipe from a construction site and put in jail.· Ed: when you're put in jail you're made to have a bath.· Remember, they very seldom put you in jail.
· After being released from jail he told protestors the police beat and shot at him.· Woman hired to kill by a family is released from jail.· I've just got you released from jail.· More than 30 of those arrested were released from jail for lack of evidence, but the rest remain behind bars.· Tan Malaka was released from jail.· Bembenek was released from jail on December 9 after serving 10 years for the murder of Christine Schultz.
· Alves da Silva remains in jail pending a new trial this year.· Meanwhile Daniloff remained in jail in Moscow.· Soon only one Rivonia man will remain in jail.· He should remain in jail for the remainder of his life, with no possibility of parole.· She remained in jail for sixteen months while a massive international campaign demanded her release.
· Mr Montesinos had threatened to go on hunger strike if he was sent to the Callao jail.
· But his lifestyle has lead to court appearances on drug and driving offences and he's served two jail sentences.· Davitt is serving a six-month jail sentence in the theft.· He is serving a 10-year jail sentence.· He served a two-month jail sentence and was put on three years' probation.· Police have launched a nationwide hunt for Moore, who has served a jail sentence for armed robbery.· His brothers, Abbas and Shahbaz, who were serving jail sentences for corruption, were also freed and allowed to leave.· Nurses living opposite said Roberts shouted to them he had served 10 months' jail for a burglary he did not commit.· Hillier, who's since served a jail sentence himself in connection with the fiddle, reported him to the police.
· Griffin spent three days in jail after he refused to give a breath sample.· After spending Friday night in jail, he posted $ 500, 000 bond and was released Saturday morning.· He spent three days in jail after smashing up an apartment, and has done time in a drug rehabilitation centre.· Not because Sharpe already has spent time in jail.· The plotters were arrested and spent a year in jail awaiting trial.· After his arrest, he spent 12 hours in jail.· He spent 28 months in jail and was sentenced to death.· The man has ninety-one previous convictions, but was released because he had already spent time in jail on remand.
· She had heard the cops on Plenty didn't even bother throwing you in jail.· Leyland fired one off the bar, and the police threw him in jail overnight.· What is more, if people resort to blackmail and other threats, why not throw them into jail?· Diem threw them all into jail.· She was going to hit him, even if they threw her in jail again.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► clap somebody in prison/jail/irons
  • After the revolution, opposition leaders were flung into jail.
  • As far as they're concerned we could rot in jail.
  • I just hope the people who did this rot in hell.
  • Let them rot in hell first!
  • Lutz gon na rot in hell.
  • Diem threw them all into jail.
  • Gabriel had broken his apprentice's bond and no one had hanged him or flogged him or thrown him into prison.
  • Her father threw her into prison for her treachery to him.
  • Leyland fired one off the bar, and the police threw him in jail overnight.
  • She had heard the cops on Plenty didn't even bother throwing you in jail.
  • She was going to hit him, even if they threw her in jail again.
  • They throw a baby into prison.
  • What is more, if people resort to blackmail and other threats, why not throw them into jail?
 a place where criminals are kept as part of their punishment, or where people who have been charged with a crime are kept before they are judged in a law court SYN  prison:  He’s been in jail for three months already.► see thesaurus at prisonCOLLOCATIONSverbsgo to jail· They’re going to jail for a long time.send somebody to jail· The judge sent Meyer to jail for six years.put somebody in jail· The government would put him in jail if he stayed in the country.throw somebody in jail (=put someone in jail)· Drunks were thrown in jail for a few days.spend time/three months/six years etc in jail· Griffiths spent three days in jail after pushing a policeman.serve time/five years etc in jail (=spend time in jail)· He was finally released after serving 27 years in jail.get out of jail· He got out of jail after five years for armed robbery.release somebody from jail· More than 30 of those arrested were released from jail for lack of evidence.escape from jail· The killer has escaped from jail.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + jailthe local jail· The suspects were taken to the local jail.a town/city/county jail· He was held without bail for thirty days in the county jail.a high-/top-/maximum-security jail· Some inmates at the high-security jail had been wrongfully imprisoned.jail + NOUNa jail sentence· He’s serving a 7-year jail sentence.a jail term (=period of time in jail)· He served only half of his three-month jail term.a jail cell· The suspect was found dead in his jail cell.
jail1 nounjail2 verb
jailjail2 (also gaol British English) ●●○ verb [transitive] Verb Table
VERB TABLE
jail
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyjail
he, she, itjails
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyjailed
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave jailed
he, she, ithas jailed
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad jailed
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill jail
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have jailed
Continuous Form
PresentIam jailing
he, she, itis jailing
you, we, theyare jailing
PastI, he, she, itwas jailing
you, we, theywere jailing
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been jailing
he, she, ithas been jailing
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been jailing
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be jailing
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been jailing
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • About 5000 people have been jailed for crimes of terrorism or treason since 1992.
  • Many of the group's leaders have now been jailed.
  • Marco was arrested and jailed for accepting bribes from drug dealers.
  • Two brothers were jailed for robbery.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Gang leader Calton, 39, of no fixed address, was jailed for 25 years.
  • If the killer is caught, prosecuted and jailed, it provides some resolution of the rage.
  • Krishna Sen, the first editor to be jailed, was released from prison three months ago after serving a two-year sentence.
  • Like the men jailed for the murder of Carl Bridgewater in 1979.
  • Murderers spared by the family are normally jailed by the state for five years.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto put someone in prison as a punishment
also send somebody to prison/jail to officially order someone to be taken to prison and kept there: · Eventually, her attacker was caught and put in prison.· The judge sent him to jail for seven years.
informal to put someone in prison - use this especially when you think that someone deserves to be in prison: lock somebody up: · Rapists deserve to be locked up for the rest of their lives.lock up somebody: · It costs $23,000 a year to lock up an adult.· Locking up more criminals has helped to reduce the crime rate and produce safer streets.
to put someone in prison - use this especially when you think that someone does not deserve to be in prison: · The court's decision suggests that it is OK to throw pregnant women in jail just because they are addicted.· When they called for free elections, the government threw them all in jail.
to put someone in prison for a fixed period of time - used especially in newspaper reports: · Many of the group's leaders have now been jailed.be jailed for (doing) something: · About 5000 people have been jailed for crimes of terrorism or treason since 1992.· Marco was arrested and jailed for accepting bribes from drug dealers.
formal to put someone in prison - use this especially when you think the punishment is wrong or unfair: · Thousands of civilians were arrested, imprisoned and killedbe imprisoned for (doing) something: · Two of the boys have been imprisoned for theft.· The priest had been imprisoned for preaching the gospel.
to put someone in prison - used in newspapers, television etc and in formal contexts: · Carter spent 19 years incarcerated in New Jersey on murder charges.· There are too many people on death row who are innocent of the crimes for which they are incarcerated.
to put someone, especially someone from another country, in prison during a war, because they are thought to be dangerous: · The French soldiers, who had surrendered without fighting, were interned in Hanoi.· Thousands died. And thousands were interned in forced labour camps.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 They ought to jail her killer for life.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(also a custodial sentence British English formal)· If found guilty, he faces a long jail sentence.
· He faced a maximum prison term of 25 years.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· Attempts to jail him on false charges, to bribe and threaten him had failed.· C., were jailed on hundreds of charges of child abuse.· On September 28, when a black named William Brown was jailed on the charge of assault, a mob quickiy gathered.
· The company won, and when McLaren failed to show up in court, he was jailed for contempt.
· Small time offenders in need of psychiatric help are being jailed by the courts because of a rundown of psychiatric hospitals.
· Her murder attempt fails and she goes to jail for life.· Mynott was jailed for life in 1980 for murdering a 54-year-old man near his home in Hemel Hempstead, Herts.· Last December, her boyfriend John Tanner was jailed for life for her murder.· Triple murderer Vernage, 27, was jailed for life at the Old Bailey on Monday.· Mobsters jailed for life under the harsh so-called Bis 41 regime are desperate for better conditions.· Millionaire businessman Malcom Horsman, 66, has been jailed for life for murdering his wife, Ursula.
· A husband was jailed for attacking a man he found making love to his estranged wife.· Pete Wilson has pledged funds to prosecute and jail these men.
· Like the men jailed for the murder of Carl Bridgewater in 1979.· They want to widen the law under which under-14s can be jailed only for murder or manslaughter.· Better to be disgraced for distasteful habits and withholding evidence from the police than jailed for murder?· Free them ... relatives call for release of men jailed for murder.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► clap somebody in prison/jail/irons
  • After the revolution, opposition leaders were flung into jail.
  • As far as they're concerned we could rot in jail.
  • I just hope the people who did this rot in hell.
  • Let them rot in hell first!
  • Lutz gon na rot in hell.
  • Diem threw them all into jail.
  • Gabriel had broken his apprentice's bond and no one had hanged him or flogged him or thrown him into prison.
  • Her father threw her into prison for her treachery to him.
  • Leyland fired one off the bar, and the police threw him in jail overnight.
  • She had heard the cops on Plenty didn't even bother throwing you in jail.
  • She was going to hit him, even if they threw her in jail again.
  • They throw a baby into prison.
  • What is more, if people resort to blackmail and other threats, why not throw them into jail?
 to put someone in jail SYN  imprisonjail somebody for something Watson was jailed for tax evasion.jail somebody for two months/six years/life etc They ought to jail her killer for life.
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