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- a building to which people are legally committed as a punishment for crimes they have committed or while awaiting trial监狱, 监牢：
he died in prison
他死在监狱里
both men were sent to prison.
两人都被关进牢房。
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- mass noun confinement in such a building关押。
prisoned, prisoning
with obj. poetic/literary imprison〈诗/文〉禁锢; 关押：the young man prisoned behind the doors.
被关押的年轻人。
词源
late Old English， from Old French prisun, from Latin prensio（n-）, variant of prehensio（n-） 'laying hold of'， from the verb prehendere.