单词 | bondage |
释义 | bondage /bon"dij/, n. 1. slavery or involuntary servitude; serfdom. 2. the state of being bound by or subjected to some external power or control. 3. the state or practice of being physically restrained, as by being tied up, chained, or put in handcuffs, for sexual gratification. 4. Early Eng. Law. personal subjection to the control of a superior; villeinage. [1250-1300; ME < AL bondagium. See BOND2, -AGE] Syn. 1. captivity, restraint; prison. See slavery. 2. thralldom, captivity, confinement, imprisonment. |
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