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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-derived
pristo grasp, seize, take hold of
+
onsuffix
+
erone who does, agent
=prisoner

Common 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.

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