jail /dʒeɪl/ CET4 TEM4 ( jailing, jailed, jails )

BRIT also gaol

• 1. 

  N-VAR A jail is a place where criminals are kept in order to punish them, or where people waiting to be tried are kept. 监狱

  例：

  Three prisoners escaped from a jail.

  3个囚犯从一个监狱逃跑了。

• 2. 

  V-T If someone is jailed, they are put into jail. 监禁 [usu passive]

  例：

  He was jailed for twenty years.

  他被监禁了20年。