prisoner
n
1
(a) person kept in prison, as a punishment or awaiting trial 犯人; 囚犯; 被拘押的刑事被告
a prison built to hold 500 prisoners 可容纳500名囚犯的监狱
political prisoners, ie those put in prison because of their political beliefs 政治犯(由於政治信仰而被监禁者)
Prisoner at the bar, do you plead guilty or not guilty? 接受审讯的刑事被告, 你认罪不认罪?
(b) person, animal, etc that has been captured and is being kept in confinement; captive 被抓起来的人; 被捕获的动物等
You are our prisoner now and we won't release you until a ransom is paid. 你现已遭我们禁锢, 要到交出赎金以後, 才能放你走.
He spent two years as the prisoner of rebel soldiers in the mountains. 他被山里的叛军抓走有两年之久.
(fig 比喻) The wretched man is the prisoner of (ie controlled by) his own greed. 这个坏家伙完全被贪心所支配.
2 (idm 习语) hold/take sbcaptive/prisoner => captive. ,prisoner of `conscienceperson kept in prison because of an act of social or political protest 政治犯(因从事社会或政治反抗活动而被监禁的人). ,prisoner of `war (abbr 缩写 POW) person (usu a member of the armed forces) captured during a war by the enemy and kept in prison (usu a prison camp) until the end of the war 战俘.
It took him some time to connect the long rubber pipe to the air supply pipe that ran round the port, but at last it was done and as a result work was able to progress much faster.
greenadj. 绿色的;未熟的,青春的;未成熟的;主张保护环境的;
n. 绿色蔬菜;绿色的衣服;植物;
vi. 绿化,使重视环境保护问题;
artn. 艺术;艺术作品;(需要技术、工艺的)行业;文艺(包括绘画、雕塑、建筑、音乐、舞蹈、戏剧、文学等);
vi. thou art 即 you are,对一人讲话时用;
adj. 艺术的;(为)艺术家的;艺术品的;具有艺术性的;
vt.& vi. [口语](把…)装饰得古色古香,(把…)装饰得古怪而有艺术趣味,把…装饰得有艺术价值;把…加以艺术乔装,使艺术化[仅用于 art up 短语中];