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单词 servitude
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ser•vi•tude /ˈsɜrvɪˌtud, -ˌtyud/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. slavery.
  2. service or labor required as a punishment for criminals:penal servitude.
See -serv-1.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ser•vi•tude  (sûr′vi to̅o̅d′, -tyo̅o̅d′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. slavery or bondage of any kind:political or intellectual servitude.
  2. compulsory service or labor as a punishment for criminals:penal servitude.
  3. Lawa right possessed by one person to use another's property.
  • Late Latin servitūdō, equivalent. to servi-, combining form of servus slave + -tūdō, -tude
  • late Middle English 1425–75
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged serfdom, thralldom. See slavery. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged liberty.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
servitude /ˈsɜːvɪˌtjuːd/ n
  1. the state or condition of a slave; bondage
  2. the state or condition of being subjected to or dominated by a person or thing
  3. a burden attaching to an estate for the benefit of an adjoining estate or of some definite person
    See also easement
Etymology: 15th Century: via Old French from Latin servitūdō, from servus a slave
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