detention
美音:
[dı´tenʃən
]英音:
[dı´tenʃən
]n.拘留,禁闭,阻止,滞留,留堂
难易程度:
detention为短语/超纲词汇
词频:6023
词根
tain,ten,tin=to hold,to keep(安静)
近义词, 同义词
detention
/dɪ'tenʃn; dɪ`tɛnʃən/
n [U]
(a) detaining or being detained, esp in prison 阻止; 滞留; 拘留; (尤指)监禁
*detention without trial 未经审判的关押.
(b) punishment of being kept at school after it has closed 课後留校的惩罚
*be given two hours' detention 被罚留校两小时.
detention
n
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin;Origin: detentio, from detentus, past participle of detinere; DETAIN]
[U]
the state of being kept in prison
in detention
Willis was held in detention for five years.
[U and C]
a punishment in which children who have behaved badly are forced to stay at school for a short time after the others have gone home
in detention
She was always getting put in detention .