prisoner
n
1
(a) person kept in prison, as a punishment or awaiting trial 犯人; 囚犯; 被拘押的刑事被告
a prison built to hold 500 prisoners 可容納500名囚犯的監獄
political prisoners, ie those put in prison because of their political beliefs 政治犯(由於政治信仰而被監禁者)
Prisoner at the bar, do you plead guilty or not guilty? 接受審訊的刑事被告, 你認罪不認罪?
(b) person, animal, etc that has been captured and is being kept in confinement; captive 被抓起來的人; 被捕獲的動物等
You are our prisoner now and we won't release you until a ransom is paid. 你現已遭我們禁錮, 要到交出贖金以後, 才能放你走.
He spent two years as the prisoner of rebel soldiers in the mountains. 他被山里的叛軍抓走有兩年之久.
(fig 比喻) The wretched man is the prisoner of (ie controlled by) his own greed. 這個壞家伙完全被貪心所支配.
2 (idm 習語) hold/take sbcaptive/prisoner => captive. ,prisoner of `conscienceperson kept in prison because of an act of social or political protest 政治犯(因從事社會或政治反抗活動而被監禁的人). ,prisoner of `war (abbr 縮寫 POW) person (usu a member of the armed forces) captured during a war by the enemy and kept in prison (usu a prison camp) until the end of the war 戰俘.