gaol

/dʒeɪl/📚 39941四级六级考研
a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government.

noun [具体名词]监狱,监禁(同jail)

A character remarks at the end that he has seen many of the old black and white gaol movies from the US.
一个角色在片尾说,他看过很多美国老的黑白监狱电影。

verb [vt. 及物动词]把……投入监狱,监禁(同jail)

All were detained in the Salem Gaol, a grim edifice of granite blocks, iron-barred windows and brick-walled cells.
所有人都被拘禁在萨勒姆监狱中,这是一座用花岗岩砌成、装有铁栅栏窗户和砖墙砌成的牢房构成的可怕建筑。

noun [专属名词](Gaol)(美、印)高娅乐(人名)

The Committee of Vigilance promptly arrested the Knapp brothers and sent them to the Salem Gaol, their cells not far from those occupied by the Crowninshields.
警戒委员会迅速逮捕了克纳普兄弟,把他们也扔进了萨勒姆监狱,囚禁这二人的牢房与克劳宁希尔德兄弟的牢房相距不远。

gao(音似: 高)+l(音似: 了)→他因为喝酒喝高了被抓进了拘留所→拘留所
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