captive

英 ['kæptɪv] 美 ['kæptɪv]

• n. 俘虏；迷恋者
• adj. 被俘的；被迷住的

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 被俘的,被捕获的

   held as a prisoner; unable to escape

n. (名词)

1. [C]战俘,俘虏

   a person held as a prisoner, especially in war

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 俘虏
2. 囚徒，囚犯
3. 战俘
4. 被迷住的人，着迷的人，迷恋者
5. 猎获物，困兽，被囚禁的动物
6. 受控制的人
7. 陷于激情不能自拔的人

adj. 形容词

1. 被迷住的，被倾倒的，被吸引的
2. 受控制的，被控制而无能独立行动的，无法逃离的，人身自由受限的
3. 被俘的，被捕获的，被活捉到的，被监禁了的
4. 无权选择的
5. 专注的，专心致志的

v. 动词

1. 迷惑，迷住

英英释义

Noun:

1. a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war

2. an animal that is confined

3. a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion

Adjective:

1. being in captivity

2. giving or marked by complete attention to;

   "that engrossed look or rapt delight"
   "then wrapped in dreams"
   "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"
   "rapt with wonder"
   "wrapped in thought"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The captive was whooped and jeered.
   俘虏被叱责讥笑。
2. We were held captive for three months.
   我们当了三个月俘虏。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. If a hero is of any importance, Homer also mentions the captive girl with whom he shares his tent and his bed.
   荷马的史诗每提到一个重要的英雄，都要讲到同他共享帐篷和枕席的被俘的姑娘。
2. With full knowledge that the experiments were conducted on captive humans, the U.S. recruited the doctors to work for them.
   在充分了解到在被俘的人身上进行的实验，美国招募了这批医生为他们工作。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. The rock star had a captive audience.
   那位摇滚歌星倾倒了许多观众。

用作宾语补足语

S+V+O+～

1. We held the enemy captive.
   我们把敌人捕获了。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The captives are wearing chains.
   俘虏们带着镣铐。
2. He was a captive to her charms.
   他被她的美色迷住了。

经典引文

• He would bring back the whole Spartan force captive within twenty days.

  出自： R. Graves

• A wife..whose words all ears took captive.

  出自：All's Well , Shakespeare

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• captive animals 被捕获的动物
• captive birds 被捕获的鸟
• captive soldiers 战俘

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• take captives 抓人

形容词+～

• lifelong captive 终身被监禁的人

介词+～

• captive to one's charms 被某人的美色迷住

词义辨析

n. (名词)

captive, prisoner

• 这两个词的共同意思是“囚犯”。prisoner意指“犯人”,多指因各种刑事犯罪被判刑的人; captive意指“俘虏”,指在战争中被抓获的军人。

prisoner，captive，convict

• 这些名词均含“囚犯、俘虏”之意。
• prisoner指关入监狱的囚犯，包括战俘，也可作引申用。
• captive指战争中抓到的俘虏，也可作引申用。
• convict指经判决而在狱中服刑的人。

近反义词

【近义词】

• caged
• enchained
• imprisoned
• hostage
• prisoner

【反义词】

• free
• free man
• guard