immurement
immurement — 名詞
1. the condition of being shut inside a space that has been permanently sealed, so
封閉；禁閉
被牆封閉而無法逃脫
the condition of being shut inside a space that has been permanently sealed, so that there is no possible way to leave
The medieval legend tells of a prisoner's immurement within the castle's thick stone walls.
這則中世紀傳說提到一名囚犯被禁閉在城堡厚實的石牆之內。
immurement + within [place] — location of confinement
Adisa wrote a novel about the immurement of political prisoners in underground cells.
Adisa 寫了一本小說，描述政治犯被幽禁在地下牢房的故事。
Historians discovered evidence of immurement in the sealed chamber beneath the old monastery.
歷史學家在古老修道院下方被密封的房間裡發現了禁閉的痕跡。
Medieval chronicles describe the immurement of the rebel leader Walid, whose cell was sealed with mortar and stone.
中世紀編年史記載了叛軍領袖 Walid 被禁閉的過程，他的囚室用灰泥和石塊密封起來。
Excavators at the ruined fortress found evidence of immurement: a human skeleton inside a walled-up chamber with no door.
考古學家在廢棄堡壘中發現了禁閉的證據：一具人骨遺骸位於一個無門且被封死的密室內。
- imprisonment
the most general term; does not imply being sealed inside
- confinement
broader; can be voluntary or in any enclosed space
- incarceration
formal term for jail or prison time; no sense of walling up
- captivity
being held by captors, not necessarily in a fixed location
- liberation
the act of being set free
- release
being let out of confinement
文法句型
immurement + of [person] + in/within [place]
用法筆記
Nearly always used in historical or literary contexts describing a severe form of confinement. The word emphasizes being sealed within a space, not just locked inside. Passivization is common (evidence of immurement was found…).