jailhouse
意味一覧 (2件)
拘置所
解説 Definition
jailhouse は、逮捕された人や裁判を待つ人を一時的に収容する建物を指します。特に米語で、町や警察署に付属する小さめの拘置施設をやや口語的・古風に言うときに使われます。
A jailhouse is a building where people are kept for a short time after they are arrested or while they are waiting for trial. In American English, it often refers to a small local jail, especially one connected to a town or a police station. The word can sound a little informal or old-fashioned compared with jail or detention center.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
jailhouse は jail + house の複合語です。jail は「逮捕後に一時的に入れられる場所」、house はここでは「建物」の感覚なので、「人を拘束しておく建物」と考えると覚えやすいです。prison は刑が確定した人を長く収容する大きな施設に寄りやすく、jailhouse は町の古い拘置施設や留置場を描く文脈で見かけやすい語です。
Think of jailhouse as jail + house. A jail is a place where people are kept after arrest, and house here simply means a building. This makes it easy to remember as "the building where people are held." Unlike prison, which often suggests a larger place for long-term punishment, jailhouse often brings to mind a smaller local lockup.
例文
The suspect was taken to the local jailhouse after his arrest.
容疑者は逮捕後、地元の拘置所に連れて行かれた。
In the old movie, the sheriff locked the thief in a small jailhouse at the edge of town.
その古い映画では、保安官が町はずれの小さな拘置所に泥棒を閉じ込めた。
The reporter described the jailhouse as an aging building beside the police station.
記者はその拘置所を、警察署の横にある古びた建物だと描写した。
刑務所
(意味 2)解説 Definition
犯罪者を一時的に収容する建造物。特に地方の小さな留置施設や監獄。
A jailhouse is a prison or a building where criminals are kept. It is often used in a simple or informal way, especially in American English. The word can suggest an older or more traditional image of a prison.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
この「刑務所」の意味では、jailhouse を jail + house の見たままの「収容する建物」として覚えるのが出発点です。ただし同じ語には「拘置所」という基本義が別にあり、ここではより広く、犯罪者を閉じ込める監獄・刑務所の建物を指す用法として押さえます。prison より古風・素朴で、歌・映画・歴史的な建物の説明で出やすい語です。
See it as a clear compound: jail + house. That makes it easy to picture a building used to keep people locked up. Remember phrases like the jailhouse or a jailhouse cell, where the building idea is strong.
例文
He spent the night in the jailhouse for trespassing.
彼は不法侵入で刑務所で一晩を過ごした。
The old jailhouse is now a museum.
古い刑務所は現在博物館である。
The jailhouse was cramped and uncomfortable.
刑務所は狭くて不快だった。
jailhouse の語源・成り立ち Etymology
jailhouse は jail「拘置所・留置場」と house「建物」の複合語。jail は古フランス語を経て、ラテン語 cavea「囲い」にさかのぼります。
Jailhouse is a compound of jail and house. Jail came into English through Old French and goes back to Latin cavea, meaning "cage" or "enclosure." House simply adds the idea of a building, so the word means a building used to keep people in custody.
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