custody

1. N-UNCOUNT Custody is the legal right to keep and take care of a child, especially the right given to a child's mother or father when they get divorced. 监护权

I'm going to go to court to get custody of the children. 我要打官司以争取对孩子们的监护权。

Child custody is normally granted to the mother. 孩子的监护权一般判给母亲。

2. N-UNCOUNT If someone is being held in a particular type of custody, they are being kept in a place that is similar to a prison. 拘留

The youngster got nine months' youth custody. 那个小伙子被判少年拘留9个月。

3. PHRASE Someone who is in custody or has been taken into custody has been arrested and is being kept in prison until they can be tried in a court. 在押候审

Three people appeared in court and two of them were remanded in custody. 3个人出庭，其中2人被还押候审。