padded cell
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌpadded ˈcell noun [countable] MHMPa special room in a hospital for people who are mentally ill. The room has thick soft material on the walls so that the person in it cannot get hurt. 〔精神病院的〕软墙病房,软壁小室
Examples from the Corpus
padded cell• Fulfilling her needs won't settle his, he shouldn't be kept in a padded cell.• He padded his bedroom - literally like a padded cell - so that he wouldn't hear the noise of traffic outside.• Adam was so extreme; they really would cart him off to a padded cell one of these days.• Away from what most other people would regard as glamour, he retreated to that padded cell off the Edgware Road.ˌpadded ˈcell nounChineseSyllable
Corpus special a room in for hospital a
padded cell
ˌpadded ˈcell
noun [countable]
a special room in a hospital for people who are mentally ill. The room has thick soft material on the walls so that the person in it cannot get hurt.
ˌpadded ˈcell
noun [countable]a special room in a hospital for people who are mentally ill. The room has thick soft material on the walls so that the person in it cannot get hurt.