detention
美[dɪ'tenʃn] 英[dɪ'tenʃn]
n. 滞留;拘留
英英释义
Noun- a state of being confined (usually for a short time);
"his detention was politically motivated" "the prisoner is on hold" "he is in the custody of police"
- a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home;
"the detention of tardy pupils"
例句
用作名词(n.)- The detention of the whole class was unfair.滞留全班学生是不公平的。
- He was detained in that house of detention.他在那个拘留所里被拘留了。
- We are placing your son in criminal detention.我们对你儿子实行刑事拘留。
- They were put into detention camps for the duration.他们被关在拘留营里直至战争结束。