单词	thrall
释义	thrallthrall /θrɔːl $ θrɒːl/ noun Word Origin WORD ORIGINthrall Origin: 900-1000 Old Norse thræll Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But the demon which had driven him to drink that night, after months of abstinence, had him in its thrall. He had that resigned helplessness which hospital patients and people in the thrall of religious experience have. Here was the beginning of Canetti's slow escape from the thrall of Karl Kraus. Of the literati in their thrall, Budd Schulberg emerged as the writer who told you most about the bouts. Self-pity evaporates as she's drawn to playground attendant Billy, unhealthily in thrall to macho pack leader Len. Something shallow, unearned, but capable of putting you in thrall. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► hold · But the mistake that Holberg made was to allow himself to be held in thrall by the world of appearances.· For a long moment all she could do was stare back at him, his dark fathomless eyes holding her in thrall. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► in somebody’s/something’s thrall We have a Congress that is in thrall to the gun lobby. But the demon which had driven him to drink that night, after months of abstinence, had him in its thrall. He had that resigned helplessness which hospital patients and people in the thrall of religious experience have. I couldn't bear to be in its thrall for another day. Of the literati in their thrall, Budd Schulberg emerged as the writer who told you most about the bouts. in somebody’s/something’s thrall (also in thrall to somebody/something) literary controlled or strongly influenced by someone or something:  We have a congress that is in thrall to special interest groups.
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