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sb's captor
captor 常与物主代词连用，指抓住并控制某人的那个人。
She tried to escape from her captor.
她试图逃离抓住她的人。
捕捉者；俘获者；捕获者
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捕捉者；俘获者；捕获者
a person who captures and holds people or animals
She tried to escape from her captor.
她试图逃离抓住她的人。
扣押俘虏者。
One who is holding a captive or captives.
捕获或已捕获某人或某物的人。
One who catches or has caught or captured something or someone.
The police rescued the hostages from their captors.
警察从绑架者手中救出了人质。
The bird managed to escape from its captor and flew back into the wild.
那只鸟设法从捕获者手中逃脱，飞回了野外。
She described how her captor treated her during the two weeks she was held.
她描述了被扣押的两周里，绑架她的人如何对待她。
captor 常与物主代词连用，指抓住并控制某人的那个人。
She tried to escape from her captor.
她试图逃离抓住她的人。
后接 of 表示被俘获或被抓捕的对象。
The captor of the hostages was finally identified.
劫持人质的人最终被确认了。
Not this
The captive held the hostages for a week.
Use this
The captor held the hostages for a week.
captive 指“被俘获的人”，与 captor（俘获者）施受关系相反；表示“扣押人质的人”必须用 captor。
Not this
The capture took the traveler's wallet.
Use this
The captor took the traveler's wallet.
capture 作名词时指“捕获”这一行为或事件，不指人；指“实施捕获的人”要用 captor。
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从俘获者手中逃脱
She managed to escape from her captor and ran into the street calling for help.
她设法从俘获者手中逃脱，跑上街大声呼救。
俘获者提出的要求
The family refused to give in to the captor's demands.
这家人拒绝向俘获者提出的要求让步。
俘获者与被俘者
The film explores the strange bond that forms between captor and captive.
这部电影探讨了俘获者与被俘者之间形成的奇异纽带。
面对俘获者
She had to face her captor in court.
她不得不在法庭上面对俘获她的人。
从俘获者手中挣脱
He managed to free himself from his captors and called the police.
他设法从俘获者手中挣脱，然后报了警。
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captor 与 capture（捕获）同源，把 -ure 换成 -or，-or 常指“人”，所以就是“捕获者”。想象捕兽夹合上的瞬间，captor 就是按下机关的那只手。
语域：neutral 常见场景：新闻报道、法律或书面叙述、文学作品 该词属于中性偏正式词汇，多用于新闻报道、书面叙述或法律语境中；在随意口语中较少出现，可用“the person who captured…”等表达替代。
Captor /ˈkæptə/ rhymes with raptor and chapter, all ending in /æptə/. Actor, factor, and tractor share the spelling suffix -tor and the final /tə/ sound, but their stressed vowels differ from captor's, so they do not rhyme. Captain starts with the same letters 'capt' but is pronounced /ˈkæptɪn/ and does not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.