captivity
英 [k?p't?v?t?]
美[k?p't?v?ti]
- n. 囚禁；被關(guān)
英英釋意
- 1. the state of being imprisoned;
- "he was held in captivity until he died"
- "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"
- "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"
- "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon"
- 2. the state of being a slave;
- "So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"--Shakespeare