Alcatraz
/ˈælkətræz/- a rocky island in San Francisco Bay, California. It was, between 1934 and 1963, the site of a top-security federal prison.阿尔卡特拉斯岛(加利福尼亚州圣弗朗西斯科湾岩石岛屿, 1934至1963年间它是防范最严密的联邦监狱所在地)。
词源
from Spanish alcatraz 'pelicans', which were once common there.