captive
US: /ˈkæptɪv/
UK: /kˈæptɪv/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
captive /'kæptiv/- tính từ
- bị bắt giữ, bị giam cầm
- to be in a captive state: trong tình trạng bị giam cầm
- to hold captive: bắt giữ (ai)
- bị bắt giữ, bị giam cầm
- danh từ
- tù nhân, người bị bắt giữ
- to be taken captive: bị bắt giữ
- tù nhân, người bị bắt giữ
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, noun+ adjective
1 kept as a prisoner or in an enclosed space; unable to escape: captive animals + They were taken captive by masked gunmen. + captive breeding (= the catching and breeding of wild animals)
2 [only before noun] not free to leave a particular place or to choose what you want do to: A salesman loves to have a captive audience (= listening because they have no choice).
+ noun
a person who is kept as a prisoner, especially in a war: Talks have persuaded the terrorists to set the captives free.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 prisoner, convict, hostage, detainee, internee; slave, bondman or bondsman, bondservant:
The captives were kept in a wretched hole.
adj.
2 imprisoned, incarcerated, confined, caged, locked up, under lock and key:
Captive animals lose their free spirit.
Collocation
VERB + CAPTIVE
free, release
The terrorists will only release their captives if they get what they want.
VERBS
be | take sb
He was taken captive on the border.
| hold sb, keep sb
She was held captive in a castle.
Concise dictionary
captives'kæptɪvnoun
+a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
+an animal that is confined
+a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion
adj.
+in captivity
+giving or marked by complete attention to
