英语词汇“prisoner”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	prisoner
释义	prisoner prisoner /ˈprɪz.^ən.ə^r/ aep /-ɚ/ noun [C] 1 B1 a person who is kept in prison as a punishment: » Prisoners climbed onto the prison roof to protest at the conditions inside the prison.→ _{SEE ALSO} POLITICAL PRISONER(Cf. ↑political prisoner)Thesaurus⁺: ↑People held in prison hold/keep/take sb prisoner 2 C2 to catch someone and guard them so that they cannot escape: » Of 10,000 troops, 7,000 were killed, wounded or taken prisoner.» The pilot and several passengers were held prisoner by the gunmen for 57 hours.Thesaurus⁺: ↑Putting people in prisonWord Builder:–Nouns: prison, prisoner, imprisonment–Verbs: imprison • • • Extra Examples:» Early this morning, armed police surrounded a house which they thought contained an escaped prisoner.» Cooped up in a small dark cell, the prisoner hadn't seen daylight for five years.» Hundreds of prisoners began a fast in protest about prison conditions.» Arrangements were made to move the prisoners to another jail.» More than half of all prisoners discharged are reconvicted within two years.
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