| 单词 | custody |
| 释义 | custody /kus"teuh dee/, n. , pl. custodies. 1. keeping; guardianship; care. 2. the keeping or charge of officers of the law: The car was held in the custody of the police. 3. imprisonment; legal restraint: He was taken into custody. 4. Also called child custody. Law. the right of determining the residence, protection, care, and education of a minor child or children, esp. in a divorce or separation. Cf. joint custody, sole custody. [1400-50; late ME custodye < L custodia a watching, watchman, equiv. to custod- (s. of custos) keeper + -ia -Y3] Syn. 1. safekeeping, charge, watch. CUSTODY, KEEPING, POSSESSION imply a guardianship or care for something. CUSTODY denotes a strict keeping, as by a formally authorized and responsible guardian or keeper: in the custody of the sheriff. KEEPING denotes having in one's care or charge, as for guarding or preservation: I left the package in my mother's keeping. POSSESSION means holding, ownership, or mastery: Leave it in possession of its owner. |
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