custody
n. 监护, 拘留, 监禁 [经] 保管, 照顾, 保护
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保管;监护;拘留;抚养权
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1.
The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children.
抚养权
监护权
亲权
不可数The court awarded custody to the child's father.
The mother gained custody of the children.
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Temporary possession or care of somebody else's property.
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保护
不可数I couldn't pay the bill and now my passport is in custody of the hotel management.
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The state of being imprisoned or detained, usually pending a trial.
监禁
拘留
不可数He was mistreated while in police custody.
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An area under the jurisdiction of a custos within the Order of Friars Minor.
不可数 宗教The Custody of the Holy Land includes the monasteries of Bethlehem, Nazareth, and Jerusalem.
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Borrowed from Latin custōdia (“a keeping, watch, guard, prison”), from custōs (“a keeper, watchman, guard”). Doublet of custode.
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