jail
意味
- 刑務所,牢獄,拘置所
- 入獄,拘置
- …を刑務所に入れる,投獄する;…を拘置する
例文
He says he's innocent, but they put him in jail.
彼は自分が無実だと言ったが、彼らは彼を投獄した。
Eventually the cruel man was sentenced to jail.
ついに、その残酷な男に刑務所行きの判決がくだされた。
It's been 10 days since my boyfriend went to jail.
彼氏が留置所に入って10日経ちました。
語源
ラテン語cavea「檻」から（cavus「くぼんだ」）。閉じ込める檻「刑務所・牢獄」。
cage（鳥かご）と同じ語源。
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Inherited from Middle English gayole, borrowed from Anglo-Norman jaiole, from Late Latin caveola, from Latin cavea (“cage”) + -ola (diminutive ending). Doublet of caveola and related to cage. More at cajole. Fully displaced native Middle English quartern (“prison, jail, cell”), from Old English cweartern (“jail, prison”). Partially displaced native Middle English lok, from Old English loc (“enclosure, pen; jail, prison”), whence lock; and Middle English carcern, from Old English carcern, from Latin carcer (“prison, jail”).