tronk

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A prison. South-Africa
    — It must here be explained that the tronk, or jail, is the general receptacle, not only of convicted criminals, but of such Hottentots or slaves as are found, improperly or illegally wandering about the country […]

词形变化

tronks plural

词源

Borrowed from Afrikaans tronk, from Dutch tronk, from Portuguese tronco, from Latin truncus. Doublet of truncus and trunk.
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