| 单词 | gaol |
| 释义 | gaol (once / 1320 pages) nv WORD FAMILY gaol: gaoled, gaoler, gaoling, gaols+/gaoler: gaolers USAGE EXAMPLESThese same average citizens see officials found to have been corrupt being sent to gaol and are cheering all the way. BBC(Oct 28, 2016) He spent most of his two-year sentence incarcerated in Reading jail and later wrote the Ballad of Reading Gaol in France. The Guardian(Sep 28, 2016) The Irishman lived in Kensington and Chelsea before being imprisoned for two years' hard labour in Reading Gaol for gross indecency. BBC(Sep 22, 2016) 1n a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) Syn|Hypo|Hyper clink, jail, jailhouse, pokey, poky, slammer bastille a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner) holding cella jail in a courthouse where accused persons can be confined during a trial hoosegow, hoosgowslang for a jail house of correction(formerly) a jail or other place of detention for persons convicted of minor offences lockupjail in a local police station workhousea county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months correctional institution a penal institution maintained by the government 2v lock up or confine, in or as in a jail Syn|Hyper immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand confine, detain deprive of freedom; take into confinement |
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