中文翻译与英英解释

n.
牢狱，监狱。 be sent to gaol入狱。 deliver a gaol 提审监狱中的全部罪犯。 in gaol 在押。
vt.
监禁，使…下牢，把…关进监狱。 ★美国用 jail , 英国在正式文件中用 gaol, 一般文字中 gaol 与 jail 通用。

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：jail, jailhouse, 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, jail, jug, put away, remand,

例句与用法

He was released from the gaol .
他被释放出狱。

The whole family must go to gaol or commit suicide unless such a bill could be paid .
不付账的话，她一家子不坐牢就得自杀。

The thief was hustled off ( to gaol )
那窃贼被推推搡搡（进入监房）

Since he escaped from gaol , tom has been living on a razor ' s edge , terrified of recapture
汤姆越狱后,时时如惊弓之鸟,生怕再次被捕

Since he escaped from gaol , tom has been living on a razor ' s edge , terrified of recapture
汤姆越狱,时时如惊弓之鸟,生怕再次被捕

Be sent to gaol
被送入狱

In the morning , prisonrs in older gaols have to take their basins and buckets to the latrine for slopping out
老监狱的因犯清早要把他们的便盆、便桶拿到厕所里去倒。

The man was a good fellow till he was about fifty years of age ; then a rot set in , now he ' s in gaol
那个人到50岁左右一直是个好人，后来他受了一连串的挫折，终于进了监牢。

Employers of illegal workers were also prosecuted and fined and , in serious cases , gaoled . in 1998 ,
聘用非法劳工的雇主，同样也遭检控和判处罚款；如案情严重，更会被判监禁。

Legislative councillors expel finance services functional constituency member chim pui - chung after he was sentenced to three year s gaol for fraud
立法会罢免因欺诈罪被判监三年的金融服务界功能界别议员詹培忠。