hoosegow
基本解释
- n.监狱拘留所
英汉例句
- EXAMPLE: If our dishonest competitors ever get caught they will all be sent to the hoosegow.
如果我们不诚实的竞争对手被抓住，他们肯定进监狱。
news.cb.com.cn - The historic looking hoosegow features a pair of cells complete with iron locks and keys designed by Rose himself.
这座看起来有些年头的监狱有两个囚室，配备着罗斯自己设计的铁锁和钥匙。 - 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.
没有教授想要知道你的祖父怎么刚死的（即使这是真的——当然，多数不是），你的吉普车怎么报废的，或是为什么你三天都呆在拘留所里。 - Mandate that, and they'd all end up in the hoosegow.
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