jail

1. 谐音“监哦”----监牢哦。

jail 监狱

来自拉丁语caveola,笼子，词源同cage,cave.引申词义监狱。拼写比较nail,rule.

jail

jail: [13] Etymologically, a jail is a ‘little cage’. The word comes ultimately from Vulgar Latin *gaviola, which was an alteration of an earlier *caveola, a diminutive form of Latin cavea ‘cage’ (source of English cage). It passed into English in two distinct versions: jail came via Old French jaiole; but the Old Northern French form of the word was gaiole, and this produced English gaol.

Until the 17th century gaol was pronounced with a hard /g/ sound, but then it gradually fell into line phonetically with jail. There has been a tendency for British English to use the spelling gaol, while American prefers jail, but there are now signs that jail is on the increase in Britain.
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jail (n.)

late 13c., gayhol, from Old North French gaiole and Old French jaole, both meaning "a cage, prison," from Medieval Latin gabiola, from Late Latin caveola, diminutive of Latin cavea "cage, enclosure, stall, coop" (see cave (n.)). Both forms carried into Middle English; now pronounced "jail" however it is spelled. Persistence of Norman-derived gaol (preferred in Britain) is "chiefly due to statutory and official tradition" [OED].

jail (v.)

"to put in jail," c. 1600, from jail (n.). Related: Jailed; jailing.

1. Last night he was being held in solitary confinement in Douglas jail.

昨晚他被单独监禁在道格拉斯的监狱里。

2. He's probably going to finish up in jail for business fraud.

他最后很可能会因为商业诈骗而入狱。

3. In the end the "bad guys" are caught and sent to jail.

最后，“坏人”都被抓住送进了监狱。

4. Mr Garcia said his conscience was clear over the jail incidents.

加西亚先生说他对监狱中发生的事件问心无愧。

5. A dozen inmates have absconded from Forest Jail in the past year.

去年共有12名犯人从福雷斯特监狱逃脱。

【jail, imprison, confine】
这组词都有“监禁”的意思，其区别是：
jail: (英国用gaol)多指审判之间的拘禁或对罪行较轻的罪犯的监禁。
imprison: 较正式用词，多指较长时间的监禁。
confine: 指监禁或幽禁；也指任何使行动受到限制的行为。

【prison, cell, jail】
这组词都有“牢房，监狱”的意思，其区别是：
prison: 指触犯刑律的人被关押的地方，通常指判决后的罪犯居留地。
cell: 指单人牢房或几个人合住的小牢房。
jail: (英国英语拼写为gaol)指收犯轻罪的人或未经判决的人的处所。