jail1 (also gaol British English) /dʒeɪl/ ●●● S3 W2 noun [countableC, uncountableU] PRISONa place where criminals are kept as part of their punishment, or where people who have been charged with a crime are kept before they are judged in a law court 监狱;看守所 SYN prison He’s been in jail for three months already. 他已经入狱三个月。
► see thesaurus at prison COLLOCATIONSverbsgo to jail 进监狱They’re going to jail for a long time. 他们将长期坐牢。
send somebody to jail 把某人送进监狱The judge sent Meyer to jail for six years. 法官判迈耶六年监禁。
put somebody in jail 把某人关进监狱The government would put him in jail if he stayed in the country. 如果他留在国内,政府就会把他关进监狱。
throw somebody in jail (=put someone in jail) 把某人投入监狱nDrunks were thrown in jail for a few days.
spend time/three months/six years etc in jail 坐牢/在监狱里被关三个月/六年等nGriffiths spent three days in jail after pushing a policeman.
serve time/five years etc in jail (=spend time in jail) 服刑/坐牢五年等nHe was finally released after serving 27 years in jail.
get out of jail 出狱nHe got out of jail after five years for armed robbery.
release somebody from jail 将某人释放出狱nMore than 30 of those arrested were released from jail for lack of evidence.
escape from jail 越狱nThe killer has escaped from jail.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + jailthe local jail 当地监狱The suspects were taken to the local jail. 嫌犯被送入当地监狱。
a town/city/county jail 镇/市/郡[县]监狱nHe was held without bail for thirty days in the county jail.
a high-/top-/maximum-security jail 高度戒备/最高戒备的监狱nSome inmates at the high-security jail had been wrongfully imprisoned.
jail + NOUNa jail sentence 徒刑He’s serving a 7-year jail sentence. 他在服七年的刑期。
a jail term (=period of time in jail) 刑期nHe served only half of his three-month jail term.
a jail cell 牢房,囚室nThe suspect was found dead in his jail cell.
in jail• Konrad's been in jail for nine years.