small book

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of logbook. historical
  2. A process by which someone is to be detained or held on investigation without an official charge being filed; suspects placed in it were routinely held incommunicado (denied phone calls and visitors) while detectives aggressively interrogated them for confessions without formally charging them. archaic
    — a prisoner is being placed/held on the small book

词形变化

small books plural

词源

Coined in the mid-20th century; a reference to the literal logbooks or "small books" officers use at the station.
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