incarceration
英 [?n,kɑ?s?'re??(?)n]
美[?n,kɑrs?'re??n]
- n. 監(jiān)禁；下獄；禁閉
英英釋意
- 1. the state of being imprisoned;
- "he was held in captivity until he died"
- "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"
- "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"
- "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon"