Picture something placed in someone's keeping — a guardian standing over it, holding it, watching to make sure it stays safe and doesn't slip away. That image of being held under someone's watch and care runs through every use.
From the word’s history
From Latin custodia 'guarding, keeping, watching' (also 'prison'), from custos 'guardian, keeper, protector'. The word is built on the idea of a keeper watching over what is in their charge — both the caring and the confining senses grow straight from that.
來自拉丁文 custodia（看守、保管，也指「牢」），源自 custos（守護者、看守人、保護者）。這個字骨子裡就是「一個看守者盯著他所負責的東西」——不論是「照顧」還是「關押」，都直接從這個看守的畫面長出來。
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custodynoun/ˈkʌstədiː/
- 1
The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children.
- The court awarded custody to the child's father.
- The mother gained custody of the children.
- 2
Temporary possession or care of somebody else's property.
- I couldn't pay the bill and now my passport is in custody of the hotel management.
- 3
The state of being imprisoned or detained, usually pending a trial.
- He was mistreated while in police custody.
- Original petition for writ of habeas corpus to obtain release from custody under sentence to five years imprisonment for aiding coprisoners in endeavors to escape from jail.
- 4
CatholicismChristianityRoman-CatholicismAn area under the jurisdiction of a custos within the Order of Friars Minor.
- The Custody of the Holy Land includes the monasteries of Bethlehem, Nazareth, and Jerusalem.
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