名詞 durance:

1. imprisonment (especially for a long time)

du.rance

n.（名詞）
Confinement or restraint by force; imprisonment:
以強(qiáng)制手段限制；監(jiān)禁：
例句：
.There should be a durance vile for justices who use an argument as weak as the one the majority used.(George F. Will)
.如果法官的辯論象大多數(shù)人那樣軟弱無(wú)力，他就該受監(jiān)禁的懲罰.(喬治F.威爾)

來(lái)源：
Middle English duraunce [duration]
中古英語(yǔ) duraunce [持續(xù)]
from Old French durance
源自 古法語(yǔ) durance
from durer [to last]
源自 durer [延續(xù)，持久]
from Latin dôr3re * see deu…-
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) dôr3re *參見(jiàn) deu…-