bail

1. N-UNCOUNT Bail is a sum of money that an arrested person or someone else puts forward as a guarantee that the arrested person will attend their trial in a law court. If the arrested person does not attend it, the money will be lost. 保釋金

He was freed on bail pending an appeal. 他被保釋，等候上訴。

2. N-UNCOUNT Bail is permission for an arrested person to be released after bail has been paid. 保釋許可

Bilal was held without bail after a court appearance in Detroit. 比拉爾在底特律的一次出庭后，被扣押不予保釋。

3. V-T If someone is bailed, they are released while they are waiting for their trial, after paying an amount of money to the court. 保釋[usu passive]

He was bailed to appear on 26 August. 他被保釋，于8月26日出庭。

4. V-I If you bail, you use a container to remove water from a boat or from a place which is flooded. (從船里或某處) 往外舀水

We kept her afloat for a couple of hours by bailing frantically. 我們拼命往外舀水讓船漂浮了幾個(gè)小時(shí)。

5. PHRASAL VERB Bail out means the same as . (從船里或某處) 往外舀水

A crew was sent down the shaft to close it off and bail out all the water. 一隊(duì)工作人員被派下去關(guān)閉豎井，并把所有積水舀出來。

6. PHRASE If someone who has been arrested makes bail, or if another person makes bail for them, the arrested person is released on bail. 保釋

Guerrero was ultimately arrested, but he made bail and fled to Colombia. 格雷羅最終被捕了，可他保釋后，逃到了哥倫比亞。

7. PHRASE If a prisoner jumps bail, he or she does not come back for his or her trial after being released on bail. 棄保潛逃

He had jumped bail last year while being tried on drug charges. 他去年在因毒品罪受審時(shí)棄保潛逃了。

8. N either of two small wooden bars placed across the tops of the stumps to form the wicket 橫木[cricket]

9. N the semicircular handle of a kettle, bucket, etc 半圓形把手

10. N-COUNT a framework in a cowshed used to secure the head of a cow during milking (擠奶時(shí)固定牛頭的)牛頭固定架[AUSTRALIAN]