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英英字典: captivity


KK Pronunciation

〔 kæpˋtIvәtI 〕

Pronunciation

〔 kæpˊtiviti 〕


Overview of noun captivity

The noun captivity has 2 senses


  • captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, immurement -- (the state of being imprisoned; "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon")

  • enslavement, captivity -- (the state of being a slave; "So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"--Shakespeare)

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