captive

adjective

/ˈkæptɪv/

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kept as a prisoner or in a space that you cannot get out of; unable to escape
- captive animals
- They were taken captive by masked gunmen.
- captive breeding (= the breeding of wild animals in zoos, etc.)
- She was held captive in a castle.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- take somebody
- hold somebody
- keep somebody
- …
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[only before noun] not free to leave a particular place or to choose what you want to do
- A salesman loves to have a captive audience (= listening because they have no choice).

Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin captivus, from capere ‘seize, take’.

noun

/ˈkæptɪv/

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单词	captive
释义	captive adjective /ˈkæptɪv/ /ˈkæptɪv/ jump to other results kept as a prisoner or in a space that you cannot get out of; unable to escape captive animals They were taken captive by masked gunmen. captive breeding (= the breeding of wild animals in zoos, etc.) She was held captive in a castle. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs take somebody hold somebody keep somebody … See full entry [only before noun] not free to leave a particular place or to choose what you want to do A salesman loves to have a captive audience (= listening because they have no choice). Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin captivus, from capere ‘seize, take’. captive noun /ˈkæptɪv/ /ˈkæptɪv/ jump to other results a person who is kept as a prisoner, especially in a war Talks have persuaded the terrorists to set the captives free. The terrorists will only release their captives if they get what they want. Their king was now a captive in Talleyrand’s chateau. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + captive free release See full entry Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin captivus, from capere ‘seize, take’.
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