"two-masted square-rigged vessel," 1720, colloquial shortening of brigantine (q.v.). Apparently such vessels being used for prison ships upon retirement from active duty led to extended meaning "a jail," first recorded 1852.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Are you still holding the spokesman from the new faction in the brig?
你還在關(guān)押著那個(gè)在船上新滋事的組織的發(fā)言人 嗎 ?
來(lái)自電影對(duì)白
2. He was thrown in the brig for missing muster.
他因?yàn)殄e(cuò)過(guò)了集合而被關(guān)禁閉.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. Get her off my bridge, and throw her in the brig.
把她帶下我的艦橋, 扔到禁閉室去.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. Next time don't forget to brig me a copy of your work.
下次不要忘了把一份您的作品帶給我.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. For example , content of Pb in Schizonepea tenuifolia Brig.