"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.
双语例句
1. Are you still holding the spokesman from the new faction in the brig?
你还在关押着那个在船上新滋事的组织的发言人 吗 ?
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2. He was thrown in the brig for missing muster.
他因为错过了集合而被关禁闭.
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3. Get her off my bridge, and throw her in the brig.
把她带下我的舰桥, 扔到禁闭室去.
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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带给我.
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5. For example , content of Pb in Schizonepea tenuifolia Brig.
