prison

prison /'prÇzn/ n

၁။ [C] (က) အကျဉ်းထောင်။ the prison population (ie the total number of prisoners in a country) ❍ The prisons are overcrowded. (ခ) (derog ) လွတ်လမ်းမရှိသောနေရာ။ အကျဉ်း။ ထောင်။ Now that he was disabled, his house had become a prison to him.
၂။ [U] ထောင်ကျခြင်း။ ထောင်။ He was sent to prison for five years. ❍ She's gone to/is in prison. ❍ escape from/be released from/come out of prison. ❍ SCHOOL¹ n
❏ prisoner n
၁။ အကျဉ်းသား။ a prison built to hold 500 prisoners ❍ Prisoner at the bar (ie being tried), do you plead guilty or not guilty?
၂။ အဖမ်းခံနေရသောသူ။ They are holding her daughter prisoner and demanding a ransom of £50 000. ❍ He was taken prisoner (ie captured) by rebel soldiers. ❍ (fig ) She has been burgled so often that she has become a virtual prisoner in her own home (ie because she is afraid to go out).
❏ prison camp n အကျဉ်းစခန်း။
❏ prisoner of conscience n (pl prisoners of conscience ) နိုင်ငံရေးအကျဉ်းသား။
❏ prisoner of war n (pl prisoners of war ) (abbr POW) စစ်သုံ့ပန်း။