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

bondage

/ˈbɒndɪdʒ

noun [mass noun]

1The state of being a slave: the deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt’s bondage figurative the bondage of drug addiction...

He noted that it was significant that after four centuries of bondage the descendants of slaves have become a free and independent people.
During the nineteenth century, juries as far South as Georgia refused to convict whites who assisted slaves escaping from bondage.
Furthermore, his 1839 statement reflected a greater concern about the conscience of the slave owner than the physical bondage of the slave.

Synonyms

slavery, enslavement, servitude, subjugation, subjection, oppression, domination, exploitation, persecution;

captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, confinement, detention;

bonds, chains, fetters, shackles, restraints, yoke

literary thraldom, thrall

historical serfdom, vassalage

archaic enthralment, duress

2Sexual practice that involves the tying up or restraining of one partner.

Origin

Middle English: from Anglo-Latin bondagium, from Middle English bond 'serf' (earlier 'peasant, householder'), from Old Norse bóndi 'tiller of the soil', based on búa 'dwell'; influenced in sense by bond.

单词	bondage
释义	bondage /ˈbɒndɪdʒ / noun [mass noun] 1The state of being a slave: the deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt’s bondage figurative the bondage of drug addiction... He noted that it was significant that after four centuries of bondage the descendants of slaves have become a free and independent people. During the nineteenth century, juries as far South as Georgia refused to convict whites who assisted slaves escaping from bondage. Furthermore, his 1839 statement reflected a greater concern about the conscience of the slave owner than the physical bondage of the slave. Synonyms slavery, enslavement, servitude, subjugation, subjection, oppression, domination, exploitation, persecution; captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, confinement, detention; bonds, chains, fetters, shackles, restraints, yoke literary thraldom, thrall historical serfdom, vassalage archaic enthralment, duress 2Sexual practice that involves the tying up or restraining of one partner. Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Latin bondagium, from Middle English bond 'serf' (earlier 'peasant, householder'), from Old Norse bóndi 'tiller of the soil', based on búa 'dwell'; influenced in sense by bond.
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