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
noun [专属名词] 监狱；监禁
Three prisoners escaped from a jail. 3 个囚犯从一个监狱逃跑了。
verb [vt. 及物动词] 监禁
If someone is jailed, they are put into jail. 监禁 He was jailed for twenty years. 他被监禁了20年。
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
