名词

1. (尤指父母离异后孩子的)监护权
Custody is the legal right to keep and look after a child, especially the right given to a child's mother or father when they get divorced.

2. 被拘留;在拘禁中
Someone who is in custody or has been taken into custody has been arrested and is being kept in prison until they can be tried in a court.

3. (类似监狱的)监禁，关押
If someone is being held in a particular type of custody, they are being kept in a place that is similar to a prison.

1. (with `in') guardianship over
in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

e.g. my fate is in your hands
too much power in the president's hands
your guests are now in my custody
the mother was awarded custody of the children

Synonym: hands

2. holding by the police

e.g. the suspect is in custody

3. a state of being confined (usually for a short time)

e.g. his detention was politically motivated
the prisoner is on hold
he is in the custody of police

Synonym: detentiondetainmenthold