thrall

英 [θrɔːl] 美 [θrɔːl]

• n. 奴隶；束缚
• v. <古>奴役；束缚

英英释义

Noun:

1. the state of being under the control of another person

2. someone held in bondage

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He treats his wife like a thrall.
   他把妻子当作奴隶看待。
2. Do you take me as your thrall?
   你以为我是你的奴隶吗？
3. Not his ascendency alone, however, held me in thrall at present.
   目前束缚着我们，并不只是他的支配地位。

经典引文

• Nine thralls were working in a sloping field.

  出自： K. Crossley

• The veriest thrall to sympathies, apathies, antipathies.

  出自： fig.

词汇搭配

• be thrall to 受...控制

近反义词

【近义词】

• dependent 依靠的
• thraldom 奴役
• thralldom 奴隶的身份
• bondage 奴役
• slavery 奴役