captive

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who has been captured or is otherwise confined.
    — I envy not in any moods ⁠The captive void of noble rage, ⁠The linnet born within the cage, That never knew the summer woods: […]
  2. One held prisoner.
  3. One charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated. figuratively
  4. A captive insurance company, a subsidiary of a company used as its internal insurer.
动词 v.
  1. To capture; to take captive. archaic,transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Held prisoner; not free; confined. not-comparable
    — A poor, miserable, captive thrall.
  2. Subdued by love; charmed; captivated. not-comparable
    — Even in so short a space, my woman's heart / Grossly grew captive to his honey words.
  3. Of or relating to bondage or confinement; serving to confine. not-comparable
    — captive chains; captive hours

词形变化

captives plural captives present,singular,third-person captiving participle,present captived participle,past captived past

词汇关系

反义词
non-captive noncaptive
衍生词
captivance captively encaptive recaptive semicaptive take captive captive audience captive audience meeting captive bead ring captive bolt pistol captive candidate captive insurer captive nation captive portal

词源

词源 1
Inherited from Middle English captif; derived from Latin captīvus, probably through a borrowing from a Middle French intermediate. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“seize, hold”).
Doublet of caitiff.
词源 2
Inherited from Middle English captif; derived from Latin captīvus, probably through a borrowing from a Middle French intermediate. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“seize, hold”).
Doublet of caitiff.
词源 3
Inherited from Middle English captif; derived from Latin captīvus, probably through a borrowing from a Middle French intermediate. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“seize, hold”).
Doublet of caitiff.
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