| 单词 | captive |
| 释义 | captive /kap"tiv/, n. 1. a prisoner. 2. a person who is enslaved or dominated; slave: He is the captive of his own fears. adj. 3. made or held prisoner, esp. in war: captive troops. 4. kept in confinement or restraint: captive animals. 5. enslaved by love, beauty, etc.; captivated: her captive beau. 6. of or pertaining to a captive. 7. managed as an affiliate or subsidiary of a corporation and operated almost exclusively for the use or needs of the parent corporation rather than independently for the general public: a captive shop; a captive mine. [1300-50; ME ( < MF) < L captivus, equiv. to capt(us) taken (ptp. of capere to take) + -ivus -IVE] |
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