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slave
[ sleyv ]
noun
- a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another and forced to provide unpaid labor.
- a person entirely under the domination of some influence or person:
She was a slave to her own ambition.
- a drudge:
a housekeeping slave.
- a slave ant.
- Photography. a subsidiary flash lamp actuated through its photoelectric cell when the principal flash lamp is discharged.
- Machinery, Computers. a device or process under control of or repeating the actions of a similar device or process. Compare master ( def 21 ).
verb (used without object)
- to work like a slave; drudge.
Synonyms: , , ,
- to engage in the slave trade; procure, transport, or sell slaves.
verb (used with object)
- Machinery, Computers. to connect (a device) to a master as its slave.
- Archaic. to enslave.
slave
/ 蝉濒别瑟惫 /
noun
- a person legally owned by another and having no freedom of action or right to property
- a person who is forced to work for another against his will
- a person under the domination of another person or some habit or influence
a slave to television
- a person who works in harsh conditions for low pay
- a device that is controlled by or that duplicates the action of another similar device (the master device)
- ( as modifier )
slave cylinder
verb
- introften foll byaway to work like a slave
- tr an archaic word for enslave
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 蝉濒补惫别顎僱别蝉蝉 adjective
- 蝉濒补惫别顎僱颈办别顎 adjective
- 辫谤辞路蝉濒补惫别顎 adjective
- 蝉别尘顎僫路蝉濒补惫别顎 noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of slave1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of slave1
Example Sentences
Britain's state-owned energy company will not be allowed to use solar panels linked to Chinese slave labour, under changes to government plans.
鈥淭he legacy of my grandmothers being slaves, overcoming, surviving and keeping their families together.鈥
Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass became two spokespeople for those who had lived as slaves.
Opposition councillors pointed out to Mr Eddy that Edward Colston's fortune came from "forced transportation of 84,000 slaves, almost 20,000 of whom died", the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.
Speaking to Radio 4's Woman's Hour, she said some companies were actively checking their supply chains to make sure slave labour had not been used and reflecting that "on their packaging".
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