Word · Frequency #3948
slaves
奴隶;被他人占有的人
slaves is the plural of slave.
核心释义
a person who is owned by another and forced to work for them
- 1.
被他人当作财产持有的奴隶,其劳动和生命受主人控制
A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.
- 2.
被他人占有的人
a person who is owned by someone
- 3.
苦工;像奴隶一样工作的劳工,如契约仆人
A drudge; one who labors or is obliged (e.g. by prior contract) to labor like a slave with limited rights, e.g. an indentured servant.
- 4.
像奴隶一样辛苦工作的人
someone who works as hard as a slave
- 5.
卑微的人
An abject person.
- 6.
完全受某种影响或他人支配的人
someone entirely dominated by some influence or person
- 7.
对某事物无抵抗力的人,屈服于某事物的人
One who has no power of resistance to something, one who surrenders to or is under the domination of something.
- 8.
在BDSM关系中自愿服从的顺从伴侣
A submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who consensually submits to, sexually or personally, serving one or more masters or mistresses.
- 9.
被迫定期为他人或团体进行性行为的人
A sex slave, a person who is forced against their will to perform, for another person or group, sexual acts on a regular or continuing basis.
- 10.
受控于另一设备的设备,如从属闪光灯或硬盘
A device (such as a secondary flash or hard drive) that is subject to the control of another (a master).
受…支配的人;…的奴隶;屈服于…的人;苦工;像奴隶一样辛苦工作的人;性奴;性奴隶;(BDSM关系中的)顺从方;卑微的人;卑贱的人
用法In use
The slaves loaded the cotton onto the carts.
用法提示:slaves 是 slave 的复数名词,指被他人占有并被迫劳动的人。
He is a slave to his daily routine and never takes a day off.
用法提示:slave 作名词,比喻完全受某事物控制的人。
Many people are slaves to their smartphones.
用法提示:slaves 是 slave 的复数,此处指沉迷于某事物而无法摆脱的人。
a slave to fashion
a slave to cocaine
his mother was his abject slave
a slave to sth
此义指完全受某事物支配、无法抗拒的人,常用 a slave to + 名词或动名词。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- slave trade
- 奴隶贸易
- The Atlantic slave trade lasted for over three centuries.大西洋奴隶贸易持续了三百多年。
- slave owner
- 奴隶主
- The slave owner forced his slaves to work from dawn to dusk.那个奴隶主强迫他的奴隶从早干到晚。
- slave labor
- 奴隶劳动;苦役
- The plantation depended on slave labor to harvest the crops.这座种植园依靠奴隶劳动来收割庄稼。
- slave revolt
- 奴隶起义
- The slave revolt was quickly crushed by the army.这场奴隶起义很快被军队镇压了。
- a slave to
- …的奴隶;受…支配的人
学习提示Learner notes
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
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