| 单词 | prison |
| 释义 | prison —prisonlike, adj. /priz"euhn/, n. 1. a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc. 2. See state prison. 3. any place of confinement or involuntary restraint. 4. imprisonment. [bef. 1150; ME prison, earlier prisun < OF, var. of preson imprisonment, a prison < L pre(he)nsion- (s. of prehensio) a seizure, arrest, equiv. to prehens(us) (ptp. of prehendere to seize) + -ion- -ION; doublet of PREHENSION] |
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