prisoner

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT A prisoner is a person who is kept in a prison as a punishment for a crime that they have committed. 囚犯
The committee is concerned about the large number of prisoners sharing cells. 該委員會很關(guān)心共用牢房的大量犯人。
2. N-COUNT A prisoner is a person who has been captured by an enemy, for example, in war. 俘虜[also 'hold/take' n N]
...wartime hostages and concentration-camp prisoners. …戰(zhàn)時的人質(zhì)們和集中營的戰(zhàn)俘們。

Early this morning , armed police surrounded a house which they thought contained an escaped prisoner.
Cooped up in a small dark cell , the prisoner hadn't seen daylight for five years .
Hundreds of prisoners began a fast in protest about prison conditions .
Arrangements were made to move the prisoners to another jail .
More than half of all prisoners discharged are reconvicted within two years .