chain gang
noun [ C ] uk/ˈtʃeɪn ˌɡæŋ/ us/ˈtʃeɪn ˌɡæŋ/
被链子拴在一起服劳役的一群囚犯，锁链囚犯
a group of prisoners who have to work outdoors outside the prison while tied together with chains
He was sentenced to 10 years on a chain gang for killing a man in the 50s. 他因在50年代杀害一名男子而被判处10年劳役。
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- In 1947, the nation's first Freedom Riders, organized by CORE, ended their voyage on North Carolina chain gangs.
- He put inmates back on a chain gang five years ago after Alabama jails revived the archaic practice.
- In the 1700s, convicts on Australian chain gangs had to wear wool jackets with yellow and black diamond patterns.
- The chain gangs operate in six state prisons, said a spokeswoman for the corrections department.