prisoner

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT A prisoner is a person who is kept in a prison as a punishment for a crime that they have committed. 囚犯
The committee is concerned about the large number of prisoners sharing cells. 该委员会很关心共用牢房的大量犯人。
2. N-COUNT A prisoner is a person who has been captured by an enemy, for example, in war. 俘虏[also 'hold/take' n N]
...wartime hostages and concentration-camp prisoners. …战时的人质们和集中营的战俘们。

Early this morning , armed police surrounded a house which they thought contained an escaped prisoner.
Cooped up in a small dark cell , the prisoner hadn't seen daylight for five years .
Hundreds of prisoners began a fast in protest about prison conditions .
Arrangements were made to move the prisoners to another jail .
More than half of all prisoners discharged are reconvicted within two years .