prisoner
🇬🇧 UK/'priznә/🇺🇸 US
NGSL 3kB1
Definitions
n.
A person held in prison or kept against their will; someone confined by circumstances.
囚犯,犯人;被俘者
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.take prisoner俘虏,生擒
- 2.political prisoner政治犯
- 3.prisoner of war战俘
- 4.fellow prisoner狱友,同囚
Example Sentences
- 1.
The prisoner was released after serving ten years in jail.
- 2.
She felt like a prisoner in her own home during the lockdown.
- 3.
The soldiers took several enemy combatants prisoner during the battle.