prison 音标拼音: [pr'ɪzən]
n . 监狱,监禁,拘留所
vt . 监禁
监狱,监禁,拘留所监禁
prison n 1 :
a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment [
synonym : {
prison }, {
prison house }]
2 :
a prisonlike situation ;
a place of seeming confinement [
synonym :
{
prison }, {
prison house }]
Prison \
Pris "
on \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Prisoned };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Prisoning }.]
1 .
To imprison ;
to shut up in ,
or as in ,
a prison ;
to confine ;
to restrain from liberty .
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The prisoned eagle dies for rage . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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His true respect will prison false desire . --
Shak .
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2 .
To bind (
together );
to enchain . [
Obs .]
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Sir William Crispyn with the duke was led Together prisoned . --
Robert of Brunne .
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Prison \
Pris "
on \ (?;
277 ),
n . [
F .,
fr .
L .
prehensio ,
prensio ,
a seizing ,
arresting ,
fr .
prehendre ,
prendere ,
to lay hold of ,
to seize .
See {
Prehensile },
and cf . {
Prize },
n .,
{
Misprision }.]
1 .
A place where persons are confined ,
or restrained of personal liberty ;
hence ,
a place or state o ?
confinement ,
restraint ,
or safe custody .
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Bring my soul out of prison ,
that I may praise thy name . --
Ps .
cxlii .
7 .
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The tyrant Aeolus , . . .
With power imperial ,
curbs the struggling winds ,
And sounding tempests in dark prisons binds .
--
Dryden .
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2 .
Specifically ,
a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority .
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{
Prison bars },
or {
Prison base }.
See {
Base },
n .,
24 .
{
Prison breach }. (
Law )
See Note under 3d {
Escape },
n .,
4 .
{
Prison house },
a prison . --
Shak .
{
Prison ship } (
Naut .),
a ship fitted up for the confinement of prisoners .
{
Prison van },
a carriage in which prisoners are conveyed to and from prison .
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67 Moby Thesaurus words for "
prison ":
POW camp ,
bastille ,
big house ,
black hole ,
borstal ,
borstal institution ,
bridewell ,
brig ,
calaboose ,
can ,
cell ,
chokey ,
clink ,
concentration camp ,
condemned cell ,
confine ,
confinement ,
constrain ,
cooler ,
death cell ,
death house ,
death row ,
detention ,
detention camp ,
dungeon ,
federal prison ,
forced -
labor camp ,
gaol ,
glasshouse ,
guardhouse ,
hoosegow ,
house of correction ,
house of detention ,
immure ,
incarcerate ,
industrial school ,
intern ,
internment camp ,
jail ,
jailhouse ,
jug ,
keep ,
labor camp ,
lockup ,
maximum -
security prison ,
minimum -
security prison ,
oubliette ,
pen ,
penal colony ,
penal institution ,
penal settlement ,
penitentiary ,
pokey ,
poky ,
prison camp ,
prisonhouse ,
quod ,
reform school ,
reformatory ,
slammer ,
sponging house ,
state prison ,
stir ,
stockade ,
the hole ,
tollbooth ,
training school Prison The first occasion on which we read of a prison is in the history of Joseph in Egypt .
Then Potiphar , "
Joseph '
s master ,
took him ,
and put him into the prison ,
a place where the king '
s prisoners were bound " (
Gen .
39 :
20 -
23 ).
The Heb .
word here used (
sohar )
means properly a round tower or fortress .
It seems to have been a part of Potiphar '
s house ,
a place in which state prisoners were kept .
The Mosaic law made no provision for imprisonment as a punishment .
In the wilderness two persons were "
put in ward "
(
Lev .
24 :
12 ;
Num .
15 :
34 ),
but it was only till the mind of God concerning them should be ascertained .
Prisons and prisoners are mentioned in the book of Psalms (
69 :
33 ;
79 :
11 ;
142 :
7 ).
Samson was confined in a Philistine prison (
Judg .
16 :
21 ,
25 ).
In the subsequent history of Israel frequent references are made to prisons (
1 Kings 22 :
27 ;
2 Kings 17 :
4 ;
25 :
27 ,
29 ;
2 Chr .
16 :
10 ;
Isa .
42 :
7 ;
Jer .
32 :
2 ).
Prisons seem to have been common in New Testament times (
Matt .
11 :
2 ;
25 :
36 ,
43 ).
The apostles were put into the "
common prison "
at the instance of the Jewish council (
Acts 5 :
18 ,
23 ;
8 :
3 );
and at Philippi Paul and Silas were thrust into the "
inner prison " (
16 :
24 ;
comp .
4 :
3 ;
12 :
4 ,
5 ).
PRISON .
A legal prison is the building designated by law ,
or used by the sheriff ,
for the confinement ,
or detention of those whose persons are judicially ordered to be kept in custody .
But in cases of necessity ,
the sheriff may make his own house ,
or any other place ,
a prison .
6 John .
R .
22 .
2 .
An illegal prison is one not authorized by law ,
but established by private authority ;
when the confinement is illegal ,
every place where the party is arrested is a prison ;
as ,
the street ,
if he be detained in passing along .
4 Com .
Dig .
619 ;
2 Hawk .
P .
C .
c .
18 ,
s .
4 ;
1 Buss .
Cr .
378 ;
2 Inst .
589 .
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