captive

cap·tive

C0093900 (kăp′tĭv)n.1. One, such as a prisoner of war, who is forcibly confined, subjugated, or enslaved.2. One held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion.3. A subsidiary that serves only its parent company.adj.1. Taken and held prisoner, as in war.2. Held in bondage; enslaved.3. Kept under restraint or control; confined: captive birds.4. Enraptured, as by beauty; captivated.5. Restrained by circumstances that prevent free choice: a captive audience; a captive market.6. Serving a single company exclusively: a captive insurer.

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[Middle English captif, from Old French, from Latin captīvus, from captus, past participle of capere, to seize; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]

captive

(ˈkæptɪv) n1. a person or animal that is confined or restrained, esp a prisoner of war2. a person whose behaviour is dominated by some emotion: a captive of love. adj3. held as prisoner4. held under restriction or control; confined: captive water held behind a dam. 5. captivated; enraptured6. unable by circumstances to avoid speeches, advertisements, etc (esp in the phrase captive audience)[C14: from Latin captīvus, from capere to take]

cap•tive

(ˈkæp tɪv)

n. 1. a prisoner. 2. a person who is enslaved or dominated: a captive of one's own fears. adj. 3. made or held prisoner, esp. in war. 4. kept in confinement or restraint: captive animals. 5. enslaved by love, beauty, etc.; captivated. 6. unable to avoid listening or attending to something: a captive audience. [1300–50; Middle English (< Middle French) < Latin captīvus=capt(us), past participle of capere to take + -īvus -ive]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	captive - a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of warprisonerunfortunate, unfortunate person - a person who suffers misfortuneconvict, yard bird, yardbird, con, inmate - a person serving a sentence in a jail or prisondetainee, political detainee - some held in custodyhostage, surety - a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified termsinternee - a person who is interned; "the internees were enemy aliens and suspected terrorists"political prisoner - someone who is imprisoned because of their political viewsPOW, prisoner of war - a person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war
	2.	captive - an animal that is confinedanimal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
	3.	captive - a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passionemotional person - a person subject to strong states of emotion
Adj.	1.	captive - being in captivityimprisoned, jailed, confinedunfree - hampered and not free; not able to act at will
	2.	captive - giving or marked by complete attention to; "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "then wrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought"absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, wrappedattentive - (often followed by `to') giving care or attention; "attentive to details"; "the nurse was attentive to her patient"; "an attentive suitor"

captive

adjective1. confined, caged, imprisoned, locked up, enslaved, incarcerated, ensnared, subjugated, penned, restricted Her heart had begun to pound inside her chest like a captive animal.noun1. prisoner, hostage, convict, prisoner of war, detainee, internee He described the difficulties of surviving for four months as a captive.

Translations

俘虏被俘虏的

captive

(ˈkӕptiv) noun a prisoner. Two of the captives escaped. 俘虜 俘虏 adjective kept prisoner. captive soldiers; The children were taken/held captive. 被俘虜的 被俘虏的capˈtivity noun a state of being a prisoner, caged etc. animals in captivity in a zoo. 囚禁 囚禁，监禁 ˈcaptor noun a person who captures someone. He managed to escape from his captors. 捕捉者，捉拿者 捕捉者，捕吏 ˈcapture (-tʃə) verb1. to take by force, skill etc. The soldiers captured the castle; Several animals were captured. 奪取，捕獲 捕获2. to take possession of (a person's attention etc). The story captured his imagination. 掌握 引起 noun1. the act of capturing. 奪取，捕獲 捕获2. something caught. A kangaroo was his most recent capture. 戰利品 战利品