Prizes

Definition

prison /'prÇzn/ n ၁။ [C] (က) အက်ဥ္းေထာင္။ the prison population (ie the total number of prisoners in a country) ❍ The prisons are overcrowded. (ခ) ( derog ) လြတ္လမ္းမရိွေသာေနရာ။ အက်ဥ္း။ ေထာင္။ Now that he was disabled, his house had become a prison to him. ၂။ [U] ေထာင္က်ျခင္း။ ေထာင္။ He was sent to prison for five years. ❍ She's gone to/is in prison. ❍ escape from/be released from/come out of prison. ❍ SCHOOL 1 n ❏ prisoner n ၁။ အက်ဥ္းသား။ a prison built to hold 500 prisoners ❍ Prisoner at the bar (ie being tried), do you plead guilty or not guilty? ၂။ အဖမ္းခံေနရေသာသူ။ 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 အက်ဥ္းစခန္း။ ❏ prisoner of conscience n ( pl prisoners of conscience ) ႏိုင္ငံေရးအက်ဥ္းသား။ ❏ prisoner of war n ( pl prisoners of war ) ( abbr POW) စစ္သံု႔ပန္း။

Examples

1. [in prison] : He’s currently in prison for tax fraud.
2. [go to prison] : You can go to prison for that
3. you know.
4. [send someone to prison] : He was sent to prison for armed robbery.
5. Has prison changed him?
6. [a prison term/sentence] : She could face a ten-year prison term.