captive
英 [ˈkæptɪv] 美 [ˈkæptɪv]

adj.

被俘的；被监禁的；被关押的；无法逃离的

n.

战俘，俘虏；被（爱情等）迷住的人；自保公司；

变形

复数：captives

双语释义

adj.(形容词)

1. 被俘的,被捕获的 held as a prisoner; unable to escape

n.(名词)

1. [C]战俘,俘虏 a person held as a prisoner, especially in war

英英释义

captive[ 'kæptiv ]

• n.
  • a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war

    同义词：prisoner

  • an animal that is confined
  • a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion
• adj.
  • in captivity

    同义词：confinedimprisonedjailed

  • giving or marked by complete attention to

    同义词：absorbedengrossedenwrappedintentwrapped

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)～+名词

• captive animals被捕获的动物
• captive birds被捕获的鸟
• captive soldiers战俘

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

• take captives抓人

形容词+～

• lifelong captive终身被监禁的人

介词+～

• captive to one's charms被某人的美色迷住

词组短语

captive audience受制而走不开的听众或观众

同近义词辨析

convict, captive, prisoner

这组词都有“囚犯、俘虏”的意思，其区别是：

convict指经判决而在狱中服刑的人。

captive指战争中抓到的俘虏，也可作引申用。

prisoner指关入监狱的囚犯，包括战俘，也可作引申用。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. The captive was whooped and jeered.
   俘虏被叱责讥笑。
2. We were held captive for three months.
   我们当了三个月俘虏。

用作形容词(adj.)

1. If a hero is of any importance, Homer also mentions the captive girl with whom he shares his tent and his bed.
   荷马的史诗每提到一个重要的英雄，都要讲到同他共享帐篷和枕席的被俘的姑娘。
2. With full knowledge that the experiments were conducted on captive humans, the U.S. recruited the doctors to work for them.
   在充分了解到在被俘的人身上进行的实验，美国招募了这批医生为他们工作。

权威例句

Water addiction in captive desert rodents
Mating and Parental Care in Captive Pygmy Rabbits
Chronic wasting disease of captive mule deer: a spongiform encephalopathy.
Syncytin is a captive retroviral envelope protein involved in human placental morphogenesis.
Producers and scroungers: A general model and its application to captive flocks of house sparrows
Stable-isotope ratios of blood components from captive northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) and their diet: applications for stu...
Blood Isotopic (δ13C and δ15N) Turnover and Diet-Tissue Fractionation Factors in Captive Dunlin (Calidris alpina pacifica)
Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic fractionation between diet and tissue of captive red fox: implications for dietary reconstruction
Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic fractionation between diet and tissues of captive seals: implications for dietary reconstruction...
Is long-distance bird flight equivalent to a high-energy fast? Body composition changes in freely migrating and captive fasting grea...