亚洲网紅露点

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thrall

[ thrawl ]

noun

  1. a person who is morally or mentally enslaved by some power, influence, or the like:

    He was the thrall of morbid fantasies.

  2. a person held in bondage or slavery.
  3. the condition of being in the power of something or someone; a state of subjugation or rapt absorption:

    We will receive no help from the media, who are for the most part in thrall to the political establishment.



verb (used with object)

  1. Archaic. to put or hold in thralldom; enslave.

adjective

  1. Archaic. subjected to bondage; enslaved.

thrall

/ 胃谤蓴藧濒 /

noun

  1. Also calledthraldomUSthralldom藞胃谤蓴藧濒d蓹m the state or condition of being in the power of another person
  2. a person who is in such a state
  3. a person totally subject to some need, desire, appetite, etc
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to enslave or dominate
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 耻苍路迟丑谤补濒濒别诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of thrall1

First recorded before 950; Middle English thral, thral(l)e, threl(l)e, Old English 迟丑谤牵濒 鈥渂ondman, slave, servant, thrall,鈥 from Old Norse 迟丑谤牵濒l 鈥渟lave, servant鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of thrall1

Old English 迟丑谤牵濒 slave, from Old Norse 迟丑谤牵濒l
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Saxon hopes the audiences watching 鈥淭he Legend of Ochi鈥 are kept in thrall, wondering.

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The music industry had largely written her off - but in England, where pop was in thrall to American R&B, she still had some heavyweight fans.

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As his life neared its end, however, Spencer expressed disappointment at the direction the Republican Party had taken, with so many in Trump鈥檚 personal thrall.

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Prosecutor Iain Simkin KC told jurors: "Tiffany Render had become conditioned to obedience, was in thrall to the defendant and, irrespective of the risks to her own well-being, nevertheless visited him on March 22."

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It is more compelling than ever and will have the watching world in its thrall all over again on Friday.

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