English Dictionary

inmate

noun

A person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient).

The inmate was released from prison after serving his sentence.

意味（1）

A person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient).

意味（2）

A person who shares a residence (such as a hotel guest, a lodger, or a student living on campus), or other place.

[T]he inmates of the coach, by numerous hard, painful joltings, and ponderous, dragging trundlings, are suddenly made sensible of some great change in the character of the road.