slave

slave
noun
  1. (chiefly historical)a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them
    (主史)奴隶
    ■a person who works very hard without proper remuneration or appreciation
    苦工,奴仆
    by the time I was ten, I had become her slave, doing all the housework.
    我十岁时成了她的奴仆,做所有的家务活。
    ■a person who is excessively dependent upon or controlled by something
    奴隶般受控制的人
    the poorest people of the world are slaves to the banks.
    世界上最穷的人是银行的奴隶。
    she was no slave to fashion.
    她不跟着时髦走。
    ■a device, or part of one, directly controlled by another
    从动装置。 比较master
    [as modifier]a slave cassette deck.
    一个从动盒式录音机。
verb
  1. [noobj.]work excessively hard
    奴隶般工作,拼命工作
    after slaving away for fourteen years all he gets is two thousand.
    在做牛做马地工作14年之后,他所得到的只是2,000元。
    ■[with obj.]subject (a device) to control by another
    使(装置)从属于(另一装置)
    should the need arise, the two channels can be slaved together.
    假如有必要,这两个频道可以从动控制。
语源
  1. Middle English: shortening of Old French esclave, equivalent of medieval Latin sclava (feminine) 'Slavonic (captive'): the Slavonic peoples had been reduced to a servile state by conquest in the 9th cent
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