英语词汇“slaving”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

slave

3 of 3

adjective

: of, relating to, involving, or used for slavery or enslaved people

slave traders

a slave auction

slave owners

a slave economy

The relation between freedom and literacy became the compelling theme of the slave narratives, the great body of printed books that ex-slaves generated to assert their common humanity with white Americans and to indict the system that had oppressed them.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

: held in or forced into servitude : enslaved

born of slave parents

slave workers

: favoring or legally permitting slavery

a slave territory

the slave states

: operated by remote control

the device now tucked away behind the dials isn't properly a clockwork but a … slave unit activated by an electric clock inside the bank

The New Yorker

specifically : responding to manipulation of the master controls of an apparatus

There's also provision for attaching external slave flash units for greater flash range when using print film.

Herbert Keppler

… had the ultimate compact-disc system—a master machine and four optional slave machines—that will load and play 250 discs altogether …

William D. Marbach

Synonyms

Noun

bondman
bondsman
chattel
thrall

Verb

bang away
beaver (away)
dig (away)
drudge
endeavor
fag
grub
hump
hustle
labor
moil
peg (away)
plod
plow
plug
slog
strain
strive
struggle
sweat
toil
travail
tug
work

See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

Noun He's a slave to fashion trends. Do it yourself! I'm not your slave! Verb I slaved all morning to get the work done on time. She's been slaving away at her homework.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

In Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls, the novelist imagines the Trojan War from the perspective of Briseis, a minor female character in the Iliad who is taken as a slave by Achilles.

Maya Chung, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2022 As a slave, the Negro revolted—fought, bled and died to break the chains that bound him.

Matthew F. Delmont, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Aug. 2022 Freed after a quarter-century as a slave, Wilson sent letters to the Freedmen’s Bureau seeking assistance locating his siblings, but unfortunately, the letters were never delivered.

Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 Aug. 2022 According to the students’ research, Nott spent the first 30 years of his life as a slave.

Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2022 According to Genesis, Abraham’s great-grandson, Joseph, was sold into Egypt as a slave.

The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 July 2022 Bridget Mason, later nicknamed Biddy, was born in 1818 as a slave to a Mississippi man named Robert Smith.

Robert L. Woodson Sr., WSJ, 17 June 2022 While standing on this rock, Henderson’s grandfather said, your great-grandfather was sold as a slave at the age of 12.

Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2022 When the exhibition finishes at the end of August, the objects will travel to Ouidah, once a slave port, where authorities are building a new slavery museum.

Elian Peltier, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022

Verb

The first wave of refugees was from the Darfur region of Sudan, followed by Eritreans escaping brutal military dictatorship and forced conscription that has been compared to slave labor.

Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Jan. 2022 In other words, the founding fathers were well aware of the economic advantage to slave owners of limiting the Atlantic slave trade.

New York Times, 23 Dec. 2021 Change your scenery and let someone else slave over the stove.

Heidi Mitchell, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2021 Another school in Utah — Centennial Middle School in Provo — randomly assigned students to be slaves and slave masters for a project about the Civil War.

Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Dec. 2021 Born to slave parents in 1838 in Arkansas, Bass Reeves was a member of the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

Okla Jones, Essence, 28 Oct. 2021 Another school in Utah — Centennial Middle School in Provo — came under fire in the spring for randomly assigning students to be slaves and slave masters for a project about the Civil War.

Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Aug. 2021 Sampson presents a comprehensive view of the obstacles the young poet faced: illness, devastating personal losses, fluctuating family fortunes (which were tied to slave labor in Jamaica), and rigid cultural and social norms.

Elizabeth Lund, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2021 Historians have noted that this harkens back to the Fugitive Slave laws of the 19th century, which offered cash incentives to white Americans to turn in their Black neighbors to slave catchers.

Jenny Singer, Glamour, 9 Sep. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English sclave, from Anglo-French or Medieval Latin; Anglo-French esclave, from Medieval Latin sclavus, from Sclavus Slav; from the frequent enslavement of Slavs in central Europe during the early Middle Ages

First Known Use

Noun

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1602, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2

Adjective

1576, in the meaning defined at sense 1b

单词	slaving
释义	slave 1 of 3 noun ˈslāv plural slaves 1 : a person held in forced servitude 2 disapproving : a person who is completely subservient to a dominating influence a slave to fashion/technology 3 : a device (such as the printer of a computer) that is directly responsive to another 4 : drudge, toiler slave 2 of 3 verb slaved; slaving; slaves intransitive verb 1 : to work very hard for long hours or under difficult conditions : drudge 2 : to traffic in people to be sold into slavery transitive verb 1 : to make directly responsive to another mechanism 2 archaic : enslave slave 3 of 3 adjective 1 a : of, relating to, involving, or used for slavery or enslaved people slave traders a slave auction slave owners a slave economy The relation between freedom and literacy became the compelling theme of the slave narratives, the great body of printed books that ex-slaves generated to assert their common humanity with white Americans and to indict the system that had oppressed them. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. b : held in or forced into servitude : enslaved born of slave parents slave workers c : favoring or legally permitting slavery a slave territory the slave states 2 : operated by remote control the device now tucked away behind the dials isn't properly a clockwork but a … slave unit activated by an electric clock inside the bank The New Yorker specifically : responding to manipulation of the master controls of an apparatus There's also provision for attaching external slave flash units for greater flash range when using print film. Herbert Keppler … had the ultimate compact-disc system—a master machine and four optional slave machines—that will load and play 250 discs altogether … William D. Marbach Synonyms Noun bondman bondsman chattel thrall Verb bang away beaver (away) dig (away) drudge endeavor fag grub hump hustle labor moil peg (away) plod plow plug slog strain strive struggle sweat toil travail tug work See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun He's a slave to fashion trends. Do it yourself! I'm not your slave! Verb I slaved all morning to get the work done on time. She's been slaving away at her homework. Recent Examples on the Web Noun In Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls, the novelist imagines the Trojan War from the perspective of Briseis, a minor female character in the Iliad who is taken as a slave by Achilles. Maya Chung, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2022 As a slave, the Negro revolted—fought, bled and died to break the chains that bound him. Matthew F. Delmont, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Aug. 2022 Freed after a quarter-century as a slave, Wilson sent letters to the Freedmen’s Bureau seeking assistance locating his siblings, but unfortunately, the letters were never delivered. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 Aug. 2022 According to the students’ research, Nott spent the first 30 years of his life as a slave. Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2022 According to Genesis, Abraham’s great-grandson, Joseph, was sold into Egypt as a slave. The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 July 2022 Bridget Mason, later nicknamed Biddy, was born in 1818 as a slave to a Mississippi man named Robert Smith. Robert L. Woodson Sr., WSJ, 17 June 2022 While standing on this rock, Henderson’s grandfather said, your great-grandfather was sold as a slave at the age of 12. Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2022 When the exhibition finishes at the end of August, the objects will travel to Ouidah, once a slave port, where authorities are building a new slavery museum. Elian Peltier, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022 Verb The first wave of refugees was from the Darfur region of Sudan, followed by Eritreans escaping brutal military dictatorship and forced conscription that has been compared to slave labor. Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Jan. 2022 In other words, the founding fathers were well aware of the economic advantage to slave owners of limiting the Atlantic slave trade. New York Times, 23 Dec. 2021 Change your scenery and let someone else slave over the stove. Heidi Mitchell, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2021 Another school in Utah — Centennial Middle School in Provo — randomly assigned students to be slaves and slave masters for a project about the Civil War. Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Dec. 2021 Born to slave parents in 1838 in Arkansas, Bass Reeves was a member of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Okla Jones, Essence, 28 Oct. 2021 Another school in Utah — Centennial Middle School in Provo — came under fire in the spring for randomly assigning students to be slaves and slave masters for a project about the Civil War. Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Aug. 2021 Sampson presents a comprehensive view of the obstacles the young poet faced: illness, devastating personal losses, fluctuating family fortunes (which were tied to slave labor in Jamaica), and rigid cultural and social norms. Elizabeth Lund, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2021 Historians have noted that this harkens back to the Fugitive Slave laws of the 19th century, which offered cash incentives to white Americans to turn in their Black neighbors to slave catchers. Jenny Singer, Glamour, 9 Sep. 2021 See More Word History Etymology Noun Middle English sclave, from Anglo-French or Medieval Latin; Anglo-French esclave, from Medieval Latin sclavus, from Sclavus Slav; from the frequent enslavement of Slavs in central Europe during the early Middle Ages First Known Use Noun 13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb 1602, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2 Adjective 1576, in the meaning defined at sense 1b Phrases Containing slave slave driver slave over a hot stove slave labor white slave slave trade slave state slave-making ant wage slave slave labour slave labourer See More slave driver slave over a hot stove slave labor white slave slave trade slave state slave-making ant wage slave slave labour slave labourer See More Kids Definition slave 1 of 2 noun ˈslāv 1 : a person who is owned by another person 2 : a person who is strongly influenced and controlled by something a slave to fashion 3 : drudge slave 2 of 2 verb slaved; slaving : to work very hard, for long hours, or under difficult conditions … I could only see myself slaving … in the tobacco fields. Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped Geographical Definition Slave geographical name ˈslāv river 258 miles (415 kilometers) long in Canada flowing from the western end of Lake Athabasca north into Great Slave Lake slaving verb present participle of slave as in laboring to devote serious and sustained effort slaving over a hot stove Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance laboring struggling working toiling drudging sweating trying striving hustling grubbing plowing slogging tugging plugging moiling humping fagging endeavoring travailing plodding straining banging away sweating blood digging (away) attacking beavering (away) pegging (away) driving scratching exerting exercising overworking trudging pitching in essaying scrabbling overexerting digging in wading knuckling down eking out buckling (down) hammering (away) applying (oneself) putting out grinding (out) Antonyms & Near Antonyms breaking loafing lounging shirking lazing slackening idling chilling resting easing (up) dallying hanging (around or out) bumming lolling basking relaxing letting up unwinding playing hacking (around) hanging goldbricking slacking (off) reposing goofing (off) trifling dabbling dillydallying footling doodling vegging out fooling around puttering (around) goofing (around) pottering (around) monkeying (around) hanging about messing around fribbling See More
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slave

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