hoosegow
基本解释
- n.監獄拘畱所
英汉例句
- EXAMPLE: If our dishonest competitors ever get caught they will all be sent to the hoosegow.
如果我們不誠實的競爭對手被抓住，他們肯定進監獄。
news.cb.com.cn - The historic looking hoosegow features a pair of cells complete with iron locks and keys designed by Rose himself.
這座看起來有些年頭的監獄有兩個囚室，配備著羅斯自己設計的鉄鎖和鈅匙。 - No professor wants to hear about how your grandfather just died (even if it's true—which it never is), how your Jeep got totaled, or why you just spent three days in the hoosegow.
沒有教授想要知道你的祖父怎麽剛死的（即使這是真的——儅然，多數不是），你的吉普車怎麽報廢的，或是爲什麽你三天都呆在拘畱所裡。 - Mandate that, and they'd all end up in the hoosegow.
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