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- slave [sleɪv]
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1.
n
a person legally owned by another and having no freedom of action or right to property
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2.
n
a person who is forced to work for another against his will
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3.
n
a person under the domination of another person or some habit or influence
- a slave to television
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4.
n
a person who works in harsh conditions for low pay
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5.
n
a device that is controlled by or that duplicates the action of another similar device (the master device)
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6.
n
(as modifier)
- slave cylinder
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7.
vi.
[intr;
often foll by away] to work like a slave -
8.
vi.
an archaic word for enslave
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9.
vt.
[Etymology]
C13: via Old French from Medieval Latin Scl
a vus a Slav, one held in bondage (from the fact that the Slavonic races were frequently conquered in the Middle Ages), from Late Greek Sklabos a Slav
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1.
n
a person legally owned by another and having no freedom of action or right to property
Examples
- a slave to drink
- 酒鬼 → slave
- a slave to fashion
- 热衷于赶时髦的人 → slave
- Please stop bossing me around! I'm neither your employee nor your slave.
- 拜托不要对我呼来喝去的！我不是你的员工也不是你的奴隶。 → boss
- My boss is a real slave driver.
- 我们老板真苛刻，就知道逼我们干活。 → driver
- How does he act like a literal slave driver?
- 他怎么就知道逼迫下属干活呢？
- The slave escaped and became a free man.
- 奴隶逃跑了，成了自由人。 → free
- to work like a slave
- 像奴隶般工作 → slave
- a slave to sth
- 受某物掌控 → slave
- to slave over a hot stove
- 在灼热的炉子前忙碌 → slave over
- a slave to television → slave
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