Captive
['kæptɪv]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an animal that is confined.
(noun.) a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion.
(adj.) giving or marked by complete attention to; 'that engrossed look or rapt delight'; 'then wrapped in dreams'; 'so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred'- Walter de la Mare; 'rapt with wonder'; 'wrapped in thought' .
(adj.) being in captivity .
手打:朱迪--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy, in war; one kept in bondage or in the power of another.
(n.) One charmed or subdued by beaty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.
(a.) Made prisoner, especially in war; held in bondage or in confinement.
(a.) Subdued by love; charmed; captivated.
(a.) Of or pertaining to bondage or confinement; serving to confine; as, captive chains; captive hours.
(v. t.) To take prisoner; to capture.
整理:萨莎
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Prisoner.
布赖恩特編輯
解釋/意思:
n. one taken: a prisoner of war: one kept in bondage.—adj. taken or kept prisoner in war; charmed or subdued by anything.—ns. Cap′tivaunce (Spens.) captivity; Captiv′ity; Cap′tor one who takes a prisoner or a prize; Cap′ture the act of taking: the thing taken: an arrest.—v.t. to take as a prize: to take by force.
雅克校對
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream that you are a captive, denotes that you may have treachery to deal with, and if you cannot escape, that injury and misfortune will befall you. To dream of taking any one captive, you will join yourself to pursuits and persons of lowest status. For a young woman to dream that she is a captive, denotes that she will have a husband who will be jealous of her confidence in others; or she may be censured for her indiscretion.
校對:弗恩
例句/造句/用法:
- Jaelthe stern woman; sat apart, relenting somewhat over her captive; but more prone to dwell on the faithful expectation of Heber coming home. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- She is captive unto those men of Belial, and they will wreak their cruelty upon her, sparing neither for her youth nor her comely favour. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Her attitude toward the captive was most harsh and brutal. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- A cable holds the balloon captive. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Again, the dreaded Sunday comes round, and I file into the old pew first, like a guarded captive brought to a condemned service. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- They held the young mill-owner captive, and hardly let the air breathe or the sun shine on him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The only light was received through one or two loop-holes far above the reach of the captive's hand. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The captive staggered toward her and she saw that the liberty he had earned was earned too late. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Looking round the office, as if her father were a captive and this his cell, Bella hugged him and choked him to her heart's content. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- As I waited she rose to her full height and looking me straight in the eye said: What would Dotar Sojat, Thark, of Dejah Thoris his captive? 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- The King was at last a captive in the hands of Parliament. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- On regaining the plaza I had my third glimpse of the captive girl. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- Will the Lady Rowena deign to cast an eye--on a captive knight--on a dishonoured soldier? 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The candle was relit, and there was our wretched captive, shivering and cowering in the grasp of the detective. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- As fairly as a captive can strike, said De Bracy, with apparent carelessness; for he whose hands are tied should have his tongue at freedom. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Many captives were brought to me in this way. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- And treat your women well, for they are with you as captives and prisoners; they have not power over anything as regards themselves. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- For many such purposes gangs of captives were cheaper and far more controllable than levies of the king's own people. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- But later many captives were spared to be slaves because they had exceptional gifts or peculiar arts. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Her decks were crowded with them as they pressed forward as far as discipline would permit to get a glimpse of their captives. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- The taste for these combats grew rapidly, and the wars supplied an abundance of captives. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- His daughter put her little prayer-book in her pocket--had she been praying for pity on all prisoners and captives! 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- I have a prize among the captives as lovely as thine own. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- They all, therefore, fell captives into our hands. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
校對:罗赞