asylumKK [əˋsaɪləm] /əˈsaɪləm/名詞1政治庇護、庇護He fled the country and sought political asylum abroad.他逃離該國,並在國外尋求政治庇護。2收容所、庇護所、避難所The old church offered asylum to travelers in danger.那座老教堂為陷入險境的旅人提供庇護。3精神病院、瘋人院舊式The novel is set in a nineteenth-century lunatic asylum.這部小說的背景是十九世紀的一家精神病院。