| 词组 | jail |
| 释义 | jail also gaol BrE /dʒeɪl/ noun a building where people are kept as a punishment for a crime, or while they are waiting for their trialverbsgo to jail They’re going to jail for a long time.send sb to jail The judge sent Meyer to jail for six years.put sb in jail The government would put him in jail if he stayed in the country.throw sb in jail (=put someone in jail) Drunks were thrown in jail for a few days.get out of/leave jail He got out of jail after five years for armed robbery.release sb from jail More than 30 of those arrested were released from jail for lack of evidence.escape from jail The killer has escaped from jail.adjectives/nouns + jailthe local jail The suspects were taken to the local jail.the town/city/county jail He was held for 30 days in the county jail.a high-/top-/maximum-security jail Some inmates at the high-security jail had been wrongfully imprisoned.jail + nounsa jail sentence He’s serving a seven-year jail sentence.a jail term (=a period of time in jail) He served only half of his three-month jail term.a jail cell The suspect was found dead in his jail cell.prepositionsin jail He has been in jail for 14 years.out of jail He has been trying to stay out of jail.phrasesspend time/six years etc in jail Griffiths spent three days in jail after pushing a policeman.serve time/five years etc in jail (=spend time in jail) He was finally released after serving 27 years in jail. |
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