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. 監(jiān)護權(quán)

I'm going to go to court to get custody of the children. 我要打官司以爭取對孩子們的監(jiān)護權(quán)。

Child custody is normally granted to the mother. 孩子的監(jiān)護權(quán)一般判給母親。

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. 拘畱

The youngster got nine months' youth custody. 那個小夥子被判少年拘畱9個月。

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. 在押候讅

Three people appeared in court and two of them were remanded in custody. 3個人出庭，其中2人被還押候讅。