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TOEFL BNC: 3948 COCA: 2727

slave
1 slave /ˈsleɪv/ noun
plural slaves
1 slave
/ˈsleɪv/
noun
plural slaves
Learner's definition of SLAVE
[count]
1 
: someone who is legally owned by another person and is forced to work for that person without pay奴隶
2 
disapproving : a person who is strongly influenced and controlled by something被…左右的人 — + to or of
2 slave /ˈsleɪv/ verb
slaves; slaved; slaving
2 slave
/ˈsleɪv/
verb
slaves; slaved; slaving
Learner's definition of SLAVE
always followed by an adverb or preposition [no object]
: to work very hard拼命工作
TOEFL BNC: 3948 COCA: 2727

slave

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noun

ˈslāv How to pronounce slave (audio)
plural slaves
1
: a person held in forced servitude
2
disapproving : a person who is completely subservient to a dominating influence
a slave to fashion/technology
3
: a device (such as the printer of a computer) that is directly responsive to another
4
: drudge, toiler

slave

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verb

slaved; slaving; slaves

intransitive verb

1
: to work very hard for long hours or under difficult conditions : drudge
2
: to traffic in people to be sold into slavery

transitive verb

1
: to make directly responsive to another mechanism
2
archaic : enslave

slave

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adjective

1
a
: of, relating to, involving, or used for slavery or enslaved people
slave traders
a slave auction
slave owners
a slave economy
The relation between freedom and literacy became the compelling theme of the slave narratives, the great body of printed books that ex-slaves generated to assert their common humanity with white Americans and to indict the system that had oppressed them. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
b
: held in or forced into servitude : enslaved
born of slave parents
slave workers
c
: favoring or legally permitting slavery
a slave territory
the slave states
2
: operated by remote control
the device now tucked away behind the dials isn't properly a clockwork but a … slave unit activated by an electric clock inside the bank The New Yorker
specifically : responding to manipulation of the master controls of an apparatus
There's also provision for attaching external slave flash units for greater flash range when using print film. Herbert Keppler
… had the ultimate compact-disc system—a master machine and four optional slave machines—that will load and play 250 discs altogether … William D. Marbach

Synonyms

Noun

Verb

Example Sentences

Noun He's a slave to fashion trends. Do it yourself! I'm not your slave! Verb I slaved all morning to get the work done on time. She's been slaving away at her homework.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
In Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls, the novelist imagines the Trojan War from the perspective of Briseis, a minor female character in the Iliad who is taken as a slave by Achilles. Maya Chung, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2022 As a slave, the Negro revolted—fought, bled and died to break the chains that bound him. Matthew F. Delmont, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Aug. 2022 Freed after a quarter-century as a slave, Wilson sent letters to the Freedmen’s Bureau seeking assistance locating his siblings, but unfortunately, the letters were never delivered. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 Aug. 2022 According to the students’ research, Nott spent the first 30 years of his life as a slave. Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2022 According to Genesis, Abraham’s great-grandson, Joseph, was sold into Egypt as a slave. The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 July 2022 Bridget Mason, later nicknamed Biddy, was born in 1818 as a slave to a Mississippi man named Robert Smith. Robert L. Woodson Sr., WSJ, 17 June 2022 While standing on this rock, Henderson’s grandfather said, your great-grandfather was sold as a slave at the age of 12. Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2022 When the exhibition finishes at the end of August, the objects will travel to Ouidah, once a slave port, where authorities are building a new slavery museum. Elian Peltier, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022
Verb
The first wave of refugees was from the Darfur region of Sudan, followed by Eritreans escaping brutal military dictatorship and forced conscription that has been compared to slave labor. Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Jan. 2022 In other words, the founding fathers were well aware of the economic advantage to slave owners of limiting the Atlantic slave trade. New York Times, 23 Dec. 2021 Change your scenery and let someone else slave over the stove. Heidi Mitchell, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2021 Another school in Utah — Centennial Middle School in Provo — randomly assigned students to be slaves and slave masters for a project about the Civil War. Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Dec. 2021 Born to slave parents in 1838 in Arkansas, Bass Reeves was a member of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Okla Jones, Essence, 28 Oct. 2021 Another school in Utah — Centennial Middle School in Provo — came under fire in the spring for randomly assigning students to be slaves and slave masters for a project about the Civil War. Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Aug. 2021 Sampson presents a comprehensive view of the obstacles the young poet faced: illness, devastating personal losses, fluctuating family fortunes (which were tied to slave labor in Jamaica), and rigid cultural and social norms. Elizabeth Lund, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2021 Historians have noted that this harkens back to the Fugitive Slave laws of the 19th century, which offered cash incentives to white Americans to turn in their Black neighbors to slave catchers. Jenny Singer, Glamour, 9 Sep. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English sclave, from Anglo-French or Medieval Latin; Anglo-French esclave, from Medieval Latin sclavus, from Sclavus Slav; from the frequent enslavement of Slavs in central Europe during the early Middle Ages

First Known Use

Noun

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1602, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2

Adjective

1576, in the meaning defined at sense 1b

Time Traveler
The first known use of slave was in the 13th century

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TOEFL BNC: 3948 COCA: 2727
slave

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + SLAVE | SLAVE + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤escaped, fugitive, runaway逃跑的奴隸；逃亡的奴隸➤emancipated, freed解放的／獲得自由的奴隸➤former前奴隸◇the son of former slaves前奴隸的兒子➤domestic, personal家奴➤plantation種植園奴隸➤galley槳帆船上的奴隸◇galley slaves at the oars of Mediterranean ships在地中海槳帆船上划槳的奴隸➤wage工資奴隸◇They work as wage slaves for 13 cents an hour.他們是掙工錢的奴隸，每小時掙 13 分。➤sex性奴➤virtual幾乎是奴隸◇She was forced to work as a virtual slave for a rich family.她被迫幾乎像奴隸一樣為一家富人幹活。VERB + SLAVE➤become成為奴隸▸➤have, keep, own擁有奴隸➤export, import輸出／輸入奴隸▸➤buy, take sb as買奴隸；把某人抓來當奴隸▸➤sell (sb as)販賣奴隸；把（某人）賣作奴隸▸➤use (sb as)役使奴隸；將（某人）當奴隸使喚➤treat對待奴隸◇He treated the slaves like animals.他待奴隸就像對待動物一樣。➤emancipate, free, liberate解放奴隸◇landowners who freed their slaves voluntarily自覺解放奴隸的地主SLAVE + NOUN➤labour/labor奴隸的勞動◇Without slave labour / labor, the tobacco industry would have collapsed.沒有奴隸的勞動，煙草業早就破產了。➤labourer/laborer幹苦役的奴隸▸➤master, owner, trader奴隸主；奴隸販賣者▸➤market, trade, traffic奴隸市場；奴隸買賣；非法奴隸販運◇the abolition of the slave trade廢除奴隸買賣➤ship販奴船➤population奴隸人口➤society奴隸社會◇studies comparing slave societies throughout history對歷史上奴隸社會進行的比較研究➤state蓄奴州◇Virginia was the largest slave state in the Union.聯邦最大的蓄奴州是弗吉尼亞州。➤plantation奴隸種植園➤rebellion, revolt, uprising奴隸暴動／反抗／起義➤quarters奴隸的住所◇the slave quarters at the rear of the house房子後面奴隸的住處➤girl, woman女童奴；女奴➤wages (figurative) 微薄的血汗錢◇I'll be working long hours for slave wages!為那丁點兒血汗錢我得當牛做馬好幾個小時！PREPOSITION➤slave of完全受⋯控制的人◇a slave of habit受習慣支配的人➤slave to完全依賴⋯的人◇a slave to fashion拚命趕時髦的人

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