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cellmate

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++cell·mate /ˈselmeɪt/ noun [countable]  someone who shares a prison cell with someone else 〔住在同一间牢房里的〕狱友
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cellmateWith the departure of her cellmate, Fourth Aunt experienced the anxieties of loneliness.Her cellmate said nothing as she lay motionless on her cot, staring at the ceiling.He and his cellmate were repeatedly tortured.This was Bobby Dupard, his cellmate in the brig in Atsugi.His cellmate slept through the tragedy.Martin and Gail are more like cellmates than soulmates.Soon after being remanded to Pentonville Prison he was attacked by his psychotic cellmate who had set fire to the cell.
cell·mate nounChineseSyllable
a Corpus cell with who else shares prison someone someone


cellmate
cellmate /ˈselmeɪt/ noun [countable]
someone who shares a prison cell with someone else


cell·mateBrE /ˈselmeɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈselmeɪt/ 🔊 nouna prisoner with whom another prisoner shares a cell 同牢难友