inmate

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n. 同住者, 被收容者 [法] 内部的, 接近中心的, 内在的

发音

US /ˈɪn.meɪt/
UK /ˈɪn.meɪt/

词形变化

inmates 复数 inmates

教材释义与例句

名词

(尤指)同院病人；同狱犯人；同被(收容所)收容者

释义与例句

n. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    A person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient).

    囚犯

    病人

  2. 2.

    A person who shares a residence (such as a hotel guest, a lodger, or a student living on campus), or other place.

  3. 3.

    Synonym of passenger, a person held or riding within a vehicle.

    P. della Valle writes in the same strain: "And these two, the palankins and the andors [a kind of doli] also differ from one another, for in the andor the cane which sustains it is, as it is in the reti, straight; whereas in the palankin, for the greater convenience of the inmate, and to give more room for raising his head, the cane is arched upwards like this, _∩_..."

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

con convict in-patient yardbird

上位词 6

patient prisoner resident captive occupant occupier

下位词 2

trusty lifer

词源

From inn + -mate, or from in- + -mate.

来源：wiktionary