| 单词 | bondage |
| 释义 | bondage (once / 868 pages) n Bondage is the state of being bound, like a slave. If you're in handcuffs, you're in bondage. The word bondage has meant "condition of a serf or slave" since the 1300s, the same time the word bond came along to mean "anything that binds." Bondage originated around the time Dante was writing "The Inferno," in which Satan flaps his wings to try and break free of bondage, as he's stuck in ice up to his chest. Most people would like to be free of any kind of bondage, which is why the X-Ray Spex (a punk band from the '70s) yell, "Oh bondage, up yours!" WORD FAMILYbondage: bondages USAGE EXAMPLESModern slavery has become a catch-all term to describe human trafficking, forced labor, debt bondage, sex trafficking, forced marriage and other slave-like exploitation. Reuters(Nov 28, 2016) Stanton was best known for his bondage work on comic strips like “Sweeter Gwendolyn” and “Confidential TV.” New York Times(Oct 27, 2016) If these were men being held in bondage the world would be up in arms. New York Times(Oct 18, 2016) 1n the state of being under the control of another person Syn|Hypo|Hyper slavery, thraldom, thrall, thralldom bonded labor a practice in which employers give high-interest loans to workers whose entire families then labor at low wages to pay off the debt; the practice is illegal in the United States servitudestate of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment serfdom, serfhood, vassalagethe state of a serf villainage, villeinagethe legal status or condition of servitude of a villein or feudal serf subjection, subjugation forced submission to control by others 2n sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by cords or handcuffs) one of the partners Hyper sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice activities associated with sexual intercourse 3n the state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power he was in bondage to fear: he sought release from his bondage to Satan a self freed from the bondage of time Hyper subjection, subjugation forced submission to control by others |
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