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1. Oxford Dictionary

   slave

   • IPA[sleɪv]

   英式

   • n.
     a person who is forced to work for and obey another and is considered to be their property; an enslaved person；a person who works very hard without proper remuneration or appreciation
   • v.
     work excessively hard；subject (a device) to control by another

   • verb: slave, 3rd person present: slaves, gerund or present participle: slaving, past tense: slaved, past participle: slaved

   • noun: slave, plural noun: slaves

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a person who is forced to work for and obey another and is considered to be their property; an enslaved person they kidnapped entire towns and turned the inhabitants into slaves vodun derives from ancient African rites and beliefs brought to the New World by slaves 同義詞 bondsman, bondswoman, bondservant, bondslave, serf, ... 更多vassal, thrall, historicalhelot, odalisque, blackbird, hierodule反義詞 freeman, master
   • ▪ a person who works very hard without proper remuneration or appreciation by the time I was ten, I had become her slave, doing all the housework 同義詞 drudge, servant, general factotum, man/maid of all work, lackey, ... 更多minion, galley slave, informalgofer, bitch, skivvy, dogsbody, slavey, poodle, fag, rareslaveling
   • ▪ a person who is excessively dependent upon or controlled by something the poorest people of the world are slaves to the banks she was no slave to fashion
   • 2. a device, or part of one, directly controlled by another a slave cassette deck

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. work excessively hard after slaving away for fourteen years all he gets is two thousand I haven't got time to spend hours slaving over a hot stove
   • 2. subject (a device) to control by another should the need arise, the two channels can be slaved together
   • 3. archaic make (someone) a slave; enslave.