penitentiary
[,peni'tenʃəri]
adj. 应处监禁的；监禁的；忏悔的（等于penitential）
n. 监狱；教养所；宗教裁判所
同义词
参考例子
1.While he was in the penitentiary her father died and the family broke up.
他坐牢的时候，她的父亲死了，家庭就拆散了。
2.A place where persons convicted or accused of crimes are confined; a penitentiary or a jail.
倘使不得已而要对在监狱与白宫里度过四年作一选择的话，我会说——监狱，谢谢。
3.Later, at Ohio State Penitentiary, doctors injected HeLa cells into prisoners without telling them what they were doing: some developed tumours as a result.
随后在俄亥俄州立监狱，医生们在不告知罪犯的情况下将海拉细胞注入他们的体内：结果是一些成熟的肿瘤。
英文解释
n.
1.a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes
2.used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers
网络释义
penitentiary
监狱; 罪犯教养所; 悔改的; 教诲师;
Apostolic Penitentiary
圣赦法院; 教廷圣赦院; 聖赦院;
county penitentiary
县监狱;
Kingston Penitentiary
极其完美 查看; 不可思议 查看; 令人敬畏 查看;
Roving Penitentiary
巡回监狱基地;