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词组 slave
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slave /sleɪv/ noun someone who is owned by another person and has to work for them for no moneyverbskeep/own a slave The king kept many slaves in his palace.buy/sell a slave Slaves were bought by landowners and made to work in the cotton fields.free a slave Wilberforce successfully campaigned to free the slaves.adjectivesa former slave The university was established in the mid-nineteenth century to educate former slaves.a freed slave The children of freed slaves were allowed to become Roman citizens.a runaway slave (=who has escaped from his or her master) Their ancestors were runaway slaves.a galley slave (=used in the past for rowing a long low ship) Some galley slaves were permanently chained at the ankle to keep them in place.slave + nounsthe slave trade (=the buying and selling of slaves) Millions of Africans lost their lives as a result of the slave trade.slave labour BrE slave labor AmE (=work done by slaves, or the people who do this work) The temple was built by slave labour.a slave owner Some slave owners treated their slaves worse than farm animals.a slave ship (=a ship that was used for transporting slaves, especially from Africa across the Atlantic) Conditions on board the slave ships were truly terrible.a slave boy/girl The princess had several slave girls to serve her.a slave revolt The first successful slave revolt in the Caribbean took place in Haiti.a slave market (=a place where slaves were bought and sold) Two slave markets operated in New Orleans before the Civil War.phrasestreat sb like a slave (=treat them very cruelly) He treated his wife like a slave.
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