jail-bird

基本解释

• [法] 囚犯, 惯犯

同根派生

英汉例句

• He was a jail bird,and naturally it was difficult for him to find work after leaving prison.
  他蹲过监狱，出狱后自然不容易找到工作。
• When the boss discovered that the clerk used to be a jail bird he dismissed him at once.
  上司发现那位职员以前曾是囚犯,就立即把他解雇了。
• He was a jail bird, and naturally it was difficult of him to find work after leaving prison.
  他蹲过监狱，出狱后自然不容易找到工作。
• gaol bird (= gaol-bird; [USa]jail bird)
  囚犯; 释放犯; 惯犯; 恶棍;无赖
• Prison bird (= gaol-bird; [USa]jail bird)
  囚犯; 释放犯; 惯犯; 恶棍;无赖

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• If you refer to someone as a jailbird, you mean that they are in prison, or have been in prison.