英语词汇“hostage”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	hostage
释义	hostagehostage /ˈhɑstɪdʒ/ ●○○ noun [countable] Etymology ETYMOLOGYhostage Origin: 1200-1300 Old French hoste; ➔ HOST¹ Collocations COLLOCATIONS► held hostage Four U.S. citizens are still being held hostage by the guerrillas. ► took ... hostage The hijackers took a crew member hostage. Thesaurus THESAURUSsomeone who is taken by force and kept somewhere, for example during a war► prisoner someone who is taken by force and kept somewhere, for example during a war: Six soldiers were killed and three were taken prisoner. ► captive someone who is kept as a prisoner, especially in a war: The rebels are holding 54 captives. ► hostage someone who is kept as a prisoner by an enemy or criminal so that the other side will do what the enemy or criminal demands: A police negotiator tried to get the bank robbers to release the hostages. ► prisoner of war (also POW) a member of the military who is caught by the enemy during a war and kept as a prisoner: Her father was a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. 1someone who is kept as a prisoner by an enemy so that the other side will do what the enemy demands: Four U.S. citizens are still being held hostage by the guerrillas. The hijackers took a crew member hostage.► see thesaurus at prisoner2be (held) hostage to something to be influenced or controlled by something so that you are not free to do what you want: The treaty was a hostage to the president’s political career.
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