Bondage



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 奴役, 束缚
• ［英］ n. 奴役, 束缚 ( slavery, captivity)
• ［记］ bond ( 绑) +age
• ［例］ keep sb in bondage

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from bonde customary tenant, from Middle English
• Date: 14th century
• 1. the tenure or service of a villein, serf, or slave
• 2. a state of being bound usually by compulsion (as of law or mastery): as
  • a. captivity, serfdom
  • b. servitude or subjugation to a controlling person or force <young people in bondage to drugs>
• 3. sadomasochistic sexual practices involving the physical restraint of one partner

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