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单词 sin bin
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sin bin

[ sin-bin ]
/ ˈsɪn ˌbɪn /

noun Slang.

Ice Hockey. penalty box (def. 1).
British. an isolated room or facility where offenders, as misbehaving students or disruptive prisoners, are placed for a period of detention or rehabilitation: secondary-school cyberbullies sent to the sin bin; four inmates doing time in the sin bin for physical violence.

Origin of sin bin

First recorded in 1950–55 for def. 1; 1980–85 for def. 2

Words nearby sin bin

sinapine, sinapism, Sinarquist, Sinatra, Sinbad, sin bin, since, Sincelejo, sincere, sincerely, sincerity
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British Dictionary definitions for sin bin

sin bin

noun

slang (in ice hockey, rugby, etc) an area off the field of play where a player who has committed a foul can be sent to sit for a specified period
British informal a special unit on a separate site from a school that disruptive schoolchildren attend until they can be reintegrated into their normal classes
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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