slave
slave 英 [sleɪv] 美 [sleɪv]
n. 奴隶 vi. 苦干
进行时:slaving 过去式:slaved 过去分词:slaved 第三人称单数:slaves 名词复数:slaves
- Someone who is the property of another person is called a slave. To own a slave is morally and legally wrong; people should be free.
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- n. 奴隶
- vi. 苦干
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1. She treated her daughter like a slave.
她对待女儿像对待奴隶一样。
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2. We are slaves of the motor car.
我们离不了汽车。
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3. Sue's a slave to fashion.
苏是个拚命赶时髦的人。
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4. I've been slaving away all day trying to get this work finished.
我整天苦干，想把这项工作赶完。
- Slave Indian tribe of northwestern Canada, 1789, from slave (n.), translating Cree (Algonquian) awahkan "captive, slave."
- slave (n.) late 13c., "person who is the chattel or property of another," from Old French esclave (13c.), from Medieval Latin Sclavus "slave" (source also of Italian schiavo, French esclave, Spanish esclavo), originally "Slav" (see Slav); so used in this secondary sense because of the many Slavs sold into slavery by conquering peoples.
- slave (v.) 1550s, "to enslave," from slave (n.). The meaning "work like a slave" is first recorded 1719. Related: Slaved; slaving.
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