prisoner
英 ['prɪz(ə)nə]
美 ['prɪznɚ]
英語の語源
- prisoner (n.)
- "person in prison, captive person," late 14c. (earlier "a jailer," mid-13c., but this did not survive Middle English), from Old French prisonier "captive, hostage" (12c., Modern French prisonnier), from prisoun (see prison (n.)). Captives taken in war have been called prisoners since mid-14c.; phrase prisoner of war dates from 1670s (see also POW). Prisoner's dilemma attested from 1957.
例文
- 1. His men made a sortie to Guazatan and took a prisoner .
- 彼の兵士はグアザタンを襲い、捕虜を捕らえた。
- 2.He was taken prisoner in North Africa in 1942.
- 彼は1942年に北アフリカで捕虜になった。
- 3.A prisoner collapsed and died yesterday,apparently from natural causes.
- 囚人が昨日突然倒れて死んだ。正常な死のように見えた。
- 4.The prisoner started to wash down the walls of his cell.
- 囚人はそれぞれの囚人室の壁を洗い流し始めた。
- 5.One prisoner was still holding out on the roof of the jail.
- 犯人は刑務所の屋上で抵抗していた。
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