🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯
檢索以下詞典：
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)
最近搜尋：
- sludgy 46
- Unlikely 123
- wring 181
- broad 523
- skycap 50
- judgment 234
- neighbor 235
- Texture 141
- Ensure 197
- unfashionably 76
- channeller 42
- jealousies 32
- Dampen 83
- precede 226
- attach 617
- unheard of 104
- inactive 80
- access time 97
- examine 547
- metric 431
- meltdown 122
- minty 84
- substructure 64
- bifocal 114
- mildew 73
- newsman 57
- Why not 13
- author 521
- flavor 297
- Fit 204
- flat 664
- way off 40
- more of 15
- watergate 54
- Glory 138
- coquette 119
- homelier 122
- swivelled 52
- fairy godmother 106
- overwhelming 229
- front burner 89
- detoxification 85
- saucer 450
- georgia 79
- renew 543
- draw 340
- distort 264
- probation officer 52
- multilingualism 34
- absence 451
- cadge 198
- Cue 76
- Achievements 28
- Sino- 90
- sake 435
- mammography 73
- conceptually 135
- reflective 303
- faint 589
- gradient 131
- smartphone 94
- Naked 75
- Legacy 210
- howdah 46
- kidnap 137
- Liking 72
- stepson 57
- gasify 67
- hopefuls 55
- categories 43
- stop by 126
- copyable 27
- Pollutant 93
- Incapable 92
- cynic 192
- bubble gum 82
- vindictive 193
- rhetoric 163
- promise 498
- PORTRAY 146
- slobbery 39
- goad 110
- fitter 77
- etc 89
- advancement 229
- render 477
- graffitied 31
- occupier 57
- chauvinism 181
- reappraise 64
- Suburb 110
- lure 266
- typing 59
- glogg 65
- massless 50
- clique 125
- outspread 61
- grateful 503
- Album 206
- pussyfoot 67
- nocturne 68
- courtesies 37
- fixer upper 29
- Dramatic 175
- Xray 130
- formidable 192
- Tattered 50
- Maker 107
- isolate 433
- burble 255
- inimical 69
- datum 221
- orgy 90
- dignitary 114
- Conveyance 122
- tanning 54
- luxury 458
- garner 160
- chess 444
- SICKNESS 97
- bub 109
- costliest 53
- death tax 78
- resolution 646
- ointment 239
- Wicked 120
- forsaken 98
- hazard 504
- French bean 88
- Relay 159
- airdropping 50
- Obligatory 25
- marten 79
- nascent 160
- Enthral 109
- quantify 287
- Mature 219
- terrible 478
- profession 484
- justice 593
- bib 228
- nympho 44
- shut 1820
- prig 223
- unmannerly 39
- politicise 57
- poseur 59
- apparel 128
- face off 81
- expertise 272
- risky 283
- retain 588
- upgrade 235
- subside 196
- fraudfully 31
- nonvolatile 50
- lamp 508
- gadabout 109
- dispense 174
- unripe 61
- latinist 37
- chime 118
- oscilloscope 46
- obscurity 91
- flop 307
- shammy 40
- charades 65
- enlist 206
- contrite 107
- myopic 112
- dewdrop 104
- bewilder 210
- expat 149
- zest 142
- lonely 537
- abolitionism 75
- Interaction 124
- poll 548
- itineracy 24
- scene 576
- Homely 100
- straddle 65
- Curious 326
- Enigmatic 72
- childlike 120
- lambaste 80
- Surrogate 30
- calliper 71
- cutie 105
- banister 109
- half-mast 130
- the dim and distant past 46
- nearly 109
- partners 39
- sluice 68
- quakier 32
- rosewood 53
- rosemary 71
- latinism 42
- Shook 13
- comfort food 127
- display 583
- sociological 75
- violate 316
- overburden 120
- faff 119
- bromine 83
- Heyday 92
- Scrimp 17
- death mask 82
- roundish 54
- rashly 146
- mutton 426
- colour supplement 85
- lechery 61
- brick 582
- turn 396
- offensive 308
- magnum 43
- rechargeable 186
- uncongenial 57
- -ism 69
- Sensation 125
- stub 112
- member 284
- iguanodon 37
- Disapproving 159
- civility 112
- bulldoze 170
- Beach 168
- Ingest 94
- Cicada 59
- gremlin 115
- court 610
- memorial 479
- sidesaddle 49
- windup 160
- dinner 241
- Bark 95
- tragic 283
- Dainty 77
- chain letter 81
- naked 492
- probe 342
- sheer 226
- baggage claim 86
- scenery 543
- foil 266
- shuffling 52
- factory ship 83
- inland 64
- tubercle 45
- reprobation 47
- mingiest 25
- do-gooder 142
- Lurk 16
- jammies 62
- behavioral 108
- greaseball 40
- cell 493
- strut 111
- coleslaw 122
- Restore 274
- gamelan 83
- hut 459
- implantable 50
- talkative 86
- liquor 662
- Fiddle 85
- sponsorship 167
- disc jockey 84
- OSTRICH 89
- fenced 67
- Scowl 138
- steelworker 68
- rootlet 42
- fire up 122
- ousting 35
- breakable 101
- spermicide 59
- candlewick 64
- specificity 166
- grownup 138
- scamper 62
- vibrato 60
- lullabies 24
- pseudoscience 44
- latices 32
- superscript 55
- studiously 56
- foreign 252
- Gambia 82
- underarm 70
- enterprises 43
- ebola 62
- katydid 67
- kharif 36
- admit 569
- Collide 213
- uttering 27
- eke 121
- necked 45
- pelmanism 41
- trim down 75
- smoke 348
- melon 430
- convulsion 182
- reformer 114
- Bedouin 55
- heartland 78
- committed 187
- Observant 176
- Nerve 166
- Air 212
- Cholesterol 149
- viability 129
- pentahedra 32
- earner 87
- coordinated 149
- teachable 73
- as a whole 106
- automatic 519
- transitively 88
- Aristocratic 38
- ya 91
- Finished 34
- fundraise 128
- under-the-counter 106
- compromise 487
- grip 473
- deposition 118
- quarters 53
- Cataclysm 148
- sponsor 606
- Complacence 106
- navigational 56
- tuberculosis 182
- personhood 32
- indulgent 120
- Deprived 59
- neutrino 51
- oddities 54
- graffiti 186
- Interstate 138
- logistic 161
- journalese 39
- fittingly 42
- gaming 108
- prenuptial 75
- ed. 64
- obelisk 67
- destruction 492
- equivocate 118
- intensifier 64
- Widow 132
- capacity 500
- generalized 102
- pay raise 56
- scorcher 76
- counselling 100
- Tautology 14
- incompatible 95
- dropsy 83
- gofer 95
- accident-prone 82
- couturier 107
- Nourishment 189
- constitute 160
- couch 145
- Indecisive 30
- Invalid 186
- clubbed 80
- bare 550
- disquiet 97
- Considerably 75
- chauffeured 78
- Officer 120
- decimetre 28
- DNA 71
- postcard 82
- arson 147
- Junior 102
- windbreak 180
- ovenware 38
- harmful 465
- page 277
- RIOT 225
- Tricky 50
- Infest 106
- detectability 54
- knockout 197
- Sync 152
- high street 85
- wolof 41
- axe 184
- Affirm 13
- waylay 169
- insubstantial 59
- go with 110
- Derive 213
- blueprint 131
- evening gown 59
- out-of-date 29
- forthwith 117
- devote 517
- coke 152
- mulish 56
- Six 94
- choosier 47
- heritage 172
- Infographic 50
- glamorize 163
- lamber 27
- stew 239
- Call on 36
- Conservative 428
- examiner 80
- Communicate 223
- Stout 60
- persistent 329
- deformed 141
- get 462
- cot 225
- poached 46
- burn down 153
- Stroll 201
- debriefing 206
- mull 102
- digital 444
- Marshy 133
- crème fraiche 58
- Tangy 46
- rhymed 29
- custard pie 73
- banner 469
- appreciate 549
- optimistic 678
- hypnotise 61
- outclass 65
- detest 89
- puffin 123
- Sludge 50
- waterworks 71
- panic-stricken 52
- mobilizer 34
- rumble 256
- poke around 83
- prattle 73
- bear with 95
- peep 498
- flexible 484
- Tend 221
- sixteen 81
- unforgivably 41
- arrack 38
- Export 269
- december 103
- come round 97
- qld 49
- Difficult 210
- Thrust 138
- illegality 87
- newton 46
- batman 81
- crummie 72
- limpet 52
- Peaceful 200
- otomi 42
- ball boy 79
- secularism 75
- cambodian 74
- whichever 428
- repay 317
- Insight 197
- lecturer 60
- premier 570
- yogi 65
- fleet 506
- deplane 81
- overwatch 44
- burn-in 64
- first-class 100
- chopping board 95
- savvier 30
- pupillage 31
- cook up 86
- sailboard 86
- punjabi 51
- Breeds 38
- Stairwell 120
- immortality 95
- doubtful 445
- lumber 655
- microplastics 16
- bingo 117
- Cinnamon 91
- consignment 134
- edgeways 71
- eerie 276
- rubber-stamp 67
pen·i·ten·tia·ry ˌpe-nə-ˈten(t)-sh(ə-)rē 
plural penitentiaries
1
a
: an officer in some Roman Catholic dioceses vested with power from the bishop to deal with cases of a nature normally handled only by the bishop
b
capitalized : a cardinal presiding over a tribunal of the Roman curia (see curia sense 3) concerned with dispensations (see dispensation sense 2) and indulgences
pen·i·ten·tia·ry ˌpe-nə-ˈten(t)-sh(ə-)rē
sense 1 also -ˈten(t)-shē-ˌer-ē
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Noun a sentence in the state penitentiary for robbery
Recent Examples on the Web
Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2022 Innocence Project New Orleans said Dent was released Monday from the state penitentiary. CBS News, 9 Aug. 2022 Instead, the state is offering housing on or near the Angola campus for juvenile justice staff who agree to temporarily relocate to the penitentiary in a rural stretch of northern Louisiana near the Mississippi line. Erin Einhorn, NBC News, 21 July 2022 Anthony and Joe Russo direct this spy/action thriller wherein Ryan Gosling plays a CIA operative plucked from a federal penitentiary and recruited by his handle (Billy Bob Thornton). Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 1 July 2022 In 1962, three inmates escaped from the notorious Alcatraz Island penitentiary and were never seen again. Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, 21 June 2022 Three men escaped from notorious Alcatraz Island penitentiary in 1962 and have never been apprehended. Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2022 At the time, Mr. Andrews was serving a life sentence in a federal penitentiary in Arizona for a 1986 double homicide. Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2022 An inmate was fatally stabbed at the Beaumont penitentiary in 2007, followed a few months later by an inmate strangled to death by his cellmates, AP reports. Peter Weber, The Week, 31 Jan. 2022 Amy Kellogg, Fox News, 14 Aug. 2022 Proponents of the moratorium on new prisons slammed the report’s findings, saying that a new women’s penitentiary undercuts efforts to reduce incarceration in favor of treatment and rehabilitation. Alexander Thompson, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2022 The Melekhovo facility has been the subject of multiple media investigations revealing brutality in the Russian penitentiary system and systematic abuse of prisoners by guards and other convicts. Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 14 June 2022 Kitchen then phoned the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and learned that White was incarcerated at the Darrington Unit, a penitentiary thirty miles outside Houston. The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2022 Violence in prisons has been escalating in recent years, but this was the worst penitentiary massacre in the South American country's history. Harold Maass, The Week, 30 Sep. 2021 Burke was sentenced to 17 years, and Hodges to 12 years, in the federal penitentiary system. Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 17 Dec. 2021 Ecuador has about 40,000 inmates in its penitentiary system, which is far above the capacity of 30,000. NBC News, 14 Nov. 2021 Ecuador has about 40,000 inmates in its penitentiary system, which is far above the capacity of 30,000. NBC News, 14 Nov. 2021 See More
Noun
Bulger’s body was barely cold by the time law enforcement sources were telling us that Geas and DeCologero were the chief suspects in the murder of the Boston gangster at the Hazelton federal penitentiary in West Virginia in 2018. Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2022 Innocence Project New Orleans said Dent was released Monday from the state penitentiary. CBS News, 9 Aug. 2022 Instead, the state is offering housing on or near the Angola campus for juvenile justice staff who agree to temporarily relocate to the penitentiary in a rural stretch of northern Louisiana near the Mississippi line. Erin Einhorn, NBC News, 21 July 2022 Anthony and Joe Russo direct this spy/action thriller wherein Ryan Gosling plays a CIA operative plucked from a federal penitentiary and recruited by his handle (Billy Bob Thornton). Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 1 July 2022 In 1962, three inmates escaped from the notorious Alcatraz Island penitentiary and were never seen again. Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, 21 June 2022 Three men escaped from notorious Alcatraz Island penitentiary in 1962 and have never been apprehended. Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2022 At the time, Mr. Andrews was serving a life sentence in a federal penitentiary in Arizona for a 1986 double homicide. Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2022 An inmate was fatally stabbed at the Beaumont penitentiary in 2007, followed a few months later by an inmate strangled to death by his cellmates, AP reports. Peter Weber, The Week, 31 Jan. 2022 Adjective
Hundreds of thousands of people work in the federal penitentiary system and not all of them love Putin. Amy Kellogg, Fox News, 14 Aug. 2022 Proponents of the moratorium on new prisons slammed the report’s findings, saying that a new women’s penitentiary undercuts efforts to reduce incarceration in favor of treatment and rehabilitation. Alexander Thompson, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2022 The Melekhovo facility has been the subject of multiple media investigations revealing brutality in the Russian penitentiary system and systematic abuse of prisoners by guards and other convicts. Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 14 June 2022 Kitchen then phoned the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and learned that White was incarcerated at the Darrington Unit, a penitentiary thirty miles outside Houston. The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2022 Violence in prisons has been escalating in recent years, but this was the worst penitentiary massacre in the South American country's history. Harold Maass, The Week, 30 Sep. 2021 Burke was sentenced to 17 years, and Hodges to 12 years, in the federal penitentiary system. Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 17 Dec. 2021 Ecuador has about 40,000 inmates in its penitentiary system, which is far above the capacity of 30,000. NBC News, 14 Nov. 2021 Ecuador has about 40,000 inmates in its penitentiary system, which is far above the capacity of 30,000. NBC News, 14 Nov. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun and Adjective
Middle English penitenciary, from Medieval Latin poenitentiarius, from poenitentia
First Known Use
Noun
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Adjective
1577, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of penitentiary was in the 15th century 👨🏻🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文