"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.
雙語例句
1. Are you still holding the spokesman from the new faction in the brig?
你還在關押著那個在船上新滋事的組織的發言人 嗎 ?
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2. He was thrown in the brig for missing muster.
他因為錯過了集合而被關禁閉.
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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.
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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.
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5. For example , content of Pb in Schizonepea tenuifolia Brig.