A house of detention
拘留所
🧩 词语组成解析
house
[haʊs]
n. 房屋;全家人;（从事某种生意的）公司;（英国）下议院;
v. 给…提供住房;收藏;安置;
of
[əv]
prep. 关于;属于…的;由…制成;
aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气];
detention
[di'tenʃən]
n. 拘留，扣押;阻留;放学后留校;（非法）占有;
🗣️ 情景例句
and you can listen to him over the phone.
而且你可以在电话中听到他的声音。
I would like to check her sewing machine.
我要去检查她的缝纫机。
recorded for the slumbering scientist the strength of a shock that was too weak to waken him,and the direction from which it came.
由于地震太弱而未惊醒科学家时，就为科学家记录下了地震的强度和地震方向。