thrall
英 [θr??l]
美[θr?l]
- n. 奴隸；束縛
- adj. 受奴役的
- vt. 使成為奴隸
- n. (Thrall)人名；(英)思羅爾
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?thralls;
助記提示
1. slave => slav- => *thlav- => *thrav- => *thrau- => thrall.
2. 這是一種缺乏理據性的根據音變規律和原理做出的一種聯想和近義關聯。其目的在于使單詞更易于理解和記憶。
3. 因此這種聯想不是天馬行空地亂聯想，而是根據音變規律做出的一種比較合理的聯想。
4. 諧音“是奴啊，死奴啊，是奴哦，死奴哦”。
2. 這是一種缺乏理據性的根據音變規律和原理做出的一種聯想和近義關聯。其目的在于使單詞更易于理解和記憶。
3. 因此這種聯想不是天馬行空地亂聯想，而是根據音變規律做出的一種比較合理的聯想。
4. 諧音“是奴啊，死奴啊，是奴哦，死奴哦”。
中文詞源
thrall 奴役，奴仆
來自古英語 thrael,奴仆，來自 Proto-Germanic*thragilaz,跑腿者，來自 PIE*tragh,拉，拖，跑， 詞源同 track,tractor.引申詞義奴役，役使。
英文詞源
- thrall (n.)
- late Old English tr?l "bondman, serf, slave," from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse tr?ll "slave, servant," figuratively "wretch, scoundrel," probably from Proto-Germanic *thrakhilaz, literally "runner," from root *threh- "to run" (cognates: Old High German dregil "servant," properly "runner;" Old English tr?gan, Gothic tragjan "to run"). Meaning "condition of servitude" is from early 14c.
雙語例句
- 1. Anti - thrall leaders agitated the question of thrall for many years.
- 反對奴隸制的領袖們就奴隸制問題進行了多年的激烈爭論.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. At the concert, I was held in thrall by the music.
- 在音樂會上, 我被音樂迷住了.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 3. He treats his wife like a thrall.
- 他把妻子當作奴隸看待.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. He is a thrall to drink.
- 他極貪杯.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. He is ( in ) thrall to his passions.
- 他是感情的奴隸 ( 感情用事 ).
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》