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gaol

/jeyl/US // dʒeɪl //UK // (dʒeɪl) //

监狱,牢房,监禁,狱中

Definitions

  1. 1

    British.

    • : jail.

Examples

  • The freelancer has since served a gaol term, and so too has the paper's royal correspondent.

  • Were you ever arrested, having in your custody another man's cash, and would rather go to gaol, than break it?

  • Nearly half the regiment ran to secure their picketed horses, armed themselves in hot haste, and galloped to the gaol.

  • Her men can lie in Grenoble gaol to be dealt with by yourself for supporting her in an attempt to resist the Queen's authority.

  • The bail, a reputable tradesman, with astonishment declared that he never was in a gaol in his life.

  • Thus we read that, in 1740, she was committed to Guildford Gaol for receiving stolen goods!