中文翻译与英英解释

n.,vt.
＝gaol.

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)
同义词：jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey,

lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
同义词：imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jug, gaol, put away, remand,

例句与用法

That spy is now in a british jail .
现在这个间谍正在英国监狱里服刑。

You seem to have suffered a lot in jail .
你在监狱里似乎受了很多苦。

I always said he would wind up in jail .
我常说他到头来非进监狱不可。

The police carted the protesters off to jail .
警察把抗议者押送监狱。

He can be punished by long jail sentences .
他可能受到长期监禁的处罚。

To go to jail in south would mean the end .
在南方，坐牢将意味着死亡。

Fred was finally found out and jailed .
弗莱德终于被捉到关入监狱。

He has done five years in the jail .
他已在这所监狱里服刑五年。

He is locked up in jail for the night .
他被关入监狱过夜。

When she was in jail she expressed their soul .
在身陷囹圄之后她表达了他们的灵魂。