| 单词 | hostage |
| 释义 | hostage —hostageship, n. /hos"tij/, n. , v. , hostaged, hostaging. n. 1. a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another. 2. Archaic. a security or pledge. 3. Obs. the condition of a hostage. v.t. 4. to give (someone) as a hostage: He was hostaged to the Indians. [1225-75; ME < OF hostage (h- by assoc. with (h)oste HOST2), ostage << VL *obsidaticum state of being a hostage < L obsid- (s. of obses) hostage (equiv. to ob- OB- + sid- SIT) + -aticum -AGE] |
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