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gaol
gaol 是 jail 的较旧英式拼写,主要指“监狱”,也可作动词表示“把某人关进监狱”。现代英语中通常写作 jail。
💡 记忆钩子
把 gaol 想成一座关人的“笼子”:作为名词,它是关押犯人的监狱;作为动词,就是把人送进这座监狱。它和 jail 意思相同,只是 gaol 是较旧、较少见的英式拼写。
📝 学习建议
- 先记住 gaol = jail,再把它作为较旧的英式拼写来识别;不要把它误解成另一个不同的监狱概念。
- 主动写作时通常优先使用更常见的 jail,阅读历史材料或英国语境时再熟悉 gaol。
📖 中文释义
noun
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core 监狱;监禁📖 指关押罪犯的监狱,也可以指被关在监狱里的状态;它只是 jail 的较旧英式拼写。💡 常用搭配是 “be in gaol”“go to gaol”“be sent to gaol”,分别表示在监狱里、入狱和被送进监狱。这个词带有明显的英国英语和较旧色彩,新闻及现代口语中通常写 jail。不要把它当作只能指某一栋建筑的可数名词;在表示“入狱、服刑”时也常作泛指。UK countable uncountableThe thief spent three years in gaol.那个小偷在监狱里待了三年。He was sent to gaol for robbery.他因抢劫被送进了监狱。
gaols
plural
verb
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core 监禁;把……关进监狱📖 指把某人关进监狱,或依法监禁某人;它是动词形式的 jail。💡 可说 “gaol someone for theft” 或 “be gaolled”,前者说明因何事监禁某人,后者表示某人被关进监狱。这个动词很少用于现代日常英语,通常用 jail;阅读旧式英国文本时仍可能遇到它。注意不要把它当作普通的“拘留”来随意使用,它通常明确涉及监狱监禁。UKThe judge gaolled him for five years.法官判他入狱五年。The rebels were gaolled without a trial.那些叛乱者未经审判就被关进了监狱。
gaols
present,singular,third-person
gaoling
participle,present
gaoled
participle,past
gaoled
past
📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 2 组
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail;
同义词集:
imprison
incarcerate
lag
immure
put behind bars
jail
jug
gaol
put away
remand
The suspects were imprisoned without trial
the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
上位: confine, detain
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)
同义词集:
jail
jailhouse
gaol
clink
slammer
poky
pokey
下位: bastille, workhouse
🌳 词源
源自中古英语,经过古法语和中世纪拉丁语,最终与表示“笼子、围栏”的拉丁词有关;词源上与 cage 有关。
From Middle English gayole, gaiol, gaylle, gaille, gayle, gaile, via Old French gaiole, gayolle, gaole, from Medieval Latin gabiola, for Late Latin caveola, a diminutive of Latin cavea (“cavity, coop, cage”). See also cage.
🔄 变式
gaoled
past
gaoling
present
gaols
plural
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