prison
US
UK prison n: (jail)
SC 监狱 jiān yù
TC 監獄
TC 監獄
SC 牢房 jiān yù，láo fáng
SC 监牢 jiān yù，jiān láo
He was sent to prison for three years for the crime.
他犯了罪，被判入狱三年。
prison n: figurative (confinement) (比喻)
SC 牢笼，禁锢 láo lóng，jìn gù
He was too frightened to leave his house, and it became his prison.
in prison adv: (in a correctional institution)
SC 在监牢里 zài jiān láo lǐ
TC 在監牢裡
TC 在監牢裡
SC 被监禁地 zài jiān láo lǐ，bèi jiān jìn de
Jack had been in prison for two months before he was released.
maximum-security prison n: (prison with greatest precautions against escape)
SC 最高安全等级监狱 zuì gāo ān quán děng jí jiān yù
The serial killer was sentenced to life imprisonment in a maximum-security prison.
prison break, jail break n: (escape)
SC 越狱 yuè yù
SC 逃出监狱
There was a prison break this week, and the police are now looking for five missing criminals.
prison camp n: (confinement for prisoners of war)
SC 战俘集中营
SC 集中营 jí zhōng yíng
TC 集中營
TC 集中營
prison camp n: (place for less dangerous prisoners) (囚禁非重犯)
SC 拘禁营地
prison cell n: (enclosed space where a prisoner is kept)
SC 囚室
We don't have enough prison cells for all the corrupt politicians who should be incarcerated.
prison guard n: ([sb] who keeps order in prison)
SC 狱警
SC 狱卒 yù cù
prison term n: (period of imprisonment)
SC 监禁期限 jiān jìn qī xiàn
TC 監禁期限
TC 監禁期限
SC 刑期 jiān jìn qī xiàn，xíng qī
She's serving a six-month prison term for assaulting her landlord.
prison term n: (punishment: prison sentence)
SC 徒刑 tú xíng
TC 徒刑
TC 徒刑
The judge sentenced him to a long prison term.