inmate

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小知识

An inmate is a person who lives in a specific place, especially someone who's confined there, like a prisoner. You can call yourself an Inmate if you get sent to your room, but usually inmates are behind bars in “the big house.”

You can talk about a hospital inmate or the inmates at a local boarding school, but it's most common to use inmate and prisoner interchangeably. Originally, in the 16th century, an inmate was “one allowed to live in a house rented by another” — a roommate who's not on the lease, in other words. This meaning comes from in and mate, “friend or companion.” By the 1830s, inmate had come to mean “one confined to an institution.”

实用短语

1. the inmate

   同居者

2. inmate beauty contest

   女囚选美

3. marge's inmate

   套工作服

4. inmate search

   搜查犯人

5. three-inmate cell

   三人牢房

6. an inmate shouted

   一个病人大叫

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