prison
gb/pɹˈɪzən/ us/pɹˈɪzən/
A2
อังกฤษ
~ 1400
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำนาม
A2
entity
1
building for criminals
A building where people stay as punishment after breaking the law.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[someone] is sent to prison
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'prison' with 'police station' — a police station is where police work, not where criminals serve sentences.
คำพ้องความหมาย
jail (Often used interchangeably, but 'jail' can also refer to short-term detention before trial or sentencing.)
คำตรงข้าม
freedom (Represents the state of not being imprisoned or detained.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
go to prison
|serve time in prison
|release from prison
|prison sentence
|escape from prison
หัวข้อ
law
|crime
|justice
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- He was sent to prison for ten years.
- The prison is located outside the city.
- Many prisons have programs to help inmates learn new skills.
- She visited her brother in prison last weekend.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- He is in prison for five years.
- The prison is big and old.
- My uncle works in a prison.
- She went to prison after the trial.
คำนาม
B1
state
2
state of confinement
A situation where someone cannot leave or do what they want.
รูปแบบการใช้:
feel like [someone] is in prison
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may overuse 'prison' literally and fail to recognize its common figurative use for restrictive situations.
คำพ้องความหมาย
captivity (Emphasizes being held against one's will, often used for animals or people.)
คำตรงข้าม
liberty (Represents the ability to act freely without restriction.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
mental prison
|prison of fear
|prison of routine
หัวข้อ
emotions
|restrictions
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- She felt like her job was a prison.
- His illness became a prison that kept him at home.
- The strict rules made the students feel they were in a prison.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- I feel like my home is a prison.
- His injury is like a prison for him.
- The rules are like a prison for us.
ไวยากรณ์
รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
prison
IPA
GB/pɹˈɪzən/
US/pɹˈɪzən/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
pris - on (2 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (pris)
รูปคำ
Noun
- Base: prison
- Plural: prison, prisons
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Forms
prisons
noun
Related words
imprisonment
noun B2
วลีและสำนวน
break out of prison
1/bɹˈeɪk ˈaʊt əv pɹˈɪzən/
fixed phrase
forcefully escape from prison
To get out of prison by force or secretly without permission.
ตัวอย่าง
- They broke out of prison through a tunnel.
- Several prisoners broke out of prison during the riot.
escape from prison
1/ɪskˈeɪp fɹˈʌm pɹˈɪzən/
fixed phrase
get out of prison illegally
To leave prison without permission, usually secretly or by force.
ตัวอย่าง
- Two inmates escaped from prison last night.
- He planned to escape from prison but was caught.
go to prison
1/ɡˈoʊ tə pɹˈɪzən/
fixed phrase
be sent to prison
To be taken by law to live in a prison as punishment.
ตัวอย่าง
- He went to prison for robbery.
- If you commit that crime, you could go to prison.
prison sentence
1/pɹˈɪzən sˈɛntəns/
fixed phrase
time ordered in prison
The length of time that someone must stay in prison, decided by a judge.
ตัวอย่าง
- He received a ten-year prison sentence.
- The judge handed down a long prison sentence.
serve time in prison
1/sˈɚv tˈaɪm ˈɪn pɹˈɪzən/
fixed phrase
spend time in prison
To stay in prison for a set amount of time as punishment.
ตัวอย่าง
- He served five years in prison before being released.
- She is currently serving time in prison for fraud.