Thrall



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.奴隶, 农奴
• ［英］ n.奴隶, 农奴 ( a servant slave;bondman)
• ［记］ 注意thrall构词: enthrall ( 迷住, 吸引住)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English thral, from Old English thr?l, from Old Norse thr?ll
• Date: before 12th century
• 1.
  • a. a servant slave ; bondman; also serf
  • b. a person in moral or mental servitude
• 2.
  • a. a state of servitude or submission <in thrall to his emotions>
  • b. a state of complete absorption <mountains could hold me in thrall with a subtle attraction of their own — Elyne Mitchell>
• ? thrall adjective
• ? thralldom or thraldom noun

II. transitive verb

• Date: 13th century
• archaic enthrall, enslave

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