| 词汇 | jailbird |
| 释义 | jailbird noun[ C ] informal(UKold-fashionedgaolbird)uk /ˈdʒeɪl.bɜːd/ us /ˈdʒeɪl.bɝːd/ a person who has been in prison坐过牢的人，囚犯 People held in prison captive cellmate co-prisoner con convict dead dead man walkingidiom detainee detenu gaolbird hostage inmate internee lag lifer political prisoner pow prisoner prisoner of conscience prisoner of war Examples of jailbirdjailbird The upshot is that we have to keep expenses cut close as a jailbird's hair. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. People ridicule him and laugh at the jailbird minister, as they call him. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His work is notable for its syncopated rhythms, surreal imagery, and a quality of alienation stemming from his own life as a drifter and a jailbird. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Eventually the two jailbirds become lovebirds. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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