英:['θrɔ:ldəm]
美:['θrɔldəm]
英:['θrɔ:ldəm]
美:['θrɔldəm]
noun
a state of servitude or submission—usually used with in
in thrall to his emotions
a state of complete absorption—usually used with in
… mountains could hold me in thrall with a subtle attraction of their own …—Elyne Mitchell
an enslaved person who performs the duties of a servant : bondmanalso: serf
a person in moral or mental servitude
verb
transitive verb
enthrall, enslave
也称 thralldom,约1200年; 参见 thrall 和 -dom。
Noun Middle English thral, from Old English thræl, from Old Norse thræll
The first known use of thrall was before the 12th century
thread1 of 2noun
a thin fine cord formed by spinning and twisting short fibers into a continuous strand
something that resembles a thread
threads of a spiderweb
the ridge or groove that winds around a screw
a train of thought that connects the parts in a sequence (as of ideas or events)
lost the thread of the story
thread2 of 2verb
to put a thread in working position in
thread a needle
to pass through in the manner of a thread
thread film through a camera
to make a way through or betweenalso: to make (one's way) carefully had to thread their way between the mountains
a river threading narrow valleys
to put together on a thread : string
thread beads
to weave together with or as if with threads : intersperse
dark hair threaded with gray
threadbareadjective
worn so much that the thread shows : shabby
threadbare clothes
barely adequate a threadbare event lacking excitement
a threadbare store with few items
having lost freshness and interest from overuse
threadbare jokes
thread1 of 2noun
a thin fine cord formed by spinning and twisting short fibers into a continuous strand
something that resembles a thread
threads of a spiderweb
the ridge or groove that winds around a screw
a train of thought that connects the parts in a sequence (as of ideas or events)
lost the thread of the story
thread2 of 2verb
to put a thread in working position in
thread a needle
to pass through in the manner of a thread
thread film through a camera
to make a way through or betweenalso: to make (one's way) carefully had to thread their way between the mountains
a river threading narrow valleys
to put together on a thread : string
thread beads
to weave together with or as if with threads : intersperse
dark hair threaded with gray
thrasher1 of 2noun
one that thrashes or threshes
thrasher2 of 2noun
any of various long-tailed American songbirds that have a usually long curved bill and are related to the mockingbird
thrashverb
thresh sense 1
to strike forcefully especially with a long instrument (as a whip) : flog
to defeat decisively or severely
thrashed the visiting team
to move or stir about violently
something was thrashing wildly in the water
to go over again and again thrash out a plan
thrash the matter over
thrashverb
thresh sense 1
to strike forcefully especially with a long instrument (as a whip) : flog
to defeat decisively or severely
thrashed the visiting team
to move or stir about violently
something was thrashing wildly in the water
to go over again and again thrash out a plan
thrash the matter over
thrallnoun
an enslaved person
a state of servitude or submission
in thrall to his emotions
a state of complete attention
the play held me in thrall
thrallnoun
an enslaved person
a state of servitude or submission
in thrall to his emotions
a state of complete attention
the play held me in thrall
thrallnoun
an enslaved person
a state of servitude or submission
in thrall to his emotions
a state of complete attention
the play held me in thrall
1 And yet she could not mistake his thraldom.
2 And every peal of mirth was a challenge to the old order of hatred and the ancient thraldom of sullenness.
3 In every nation the rulers in general, and the priesthood in particular, have, on the other hand, encouraged indolence of mind, lest the people should learn wisdom and shake off their thraldom.
4 And it is my firm persuasion that in proportion as the profession throws off the thraldom of ecclesiasticism and dogmatism, it increases in power and is sure to recover its ancient superiority.
5 It is therefore maintained that their interference was necessary, both on account of the “shameful thraldom” in which the Queen was kept, and the great danger of the young Prince, her only son.
6 You'll be irritated not enraged, and will find its thraldom easy to resist.
7 So vivid did he make it all that the court was held in a thraldom.
8 Fallen monarch, awake from the degradation of your thraldom; rise giant-like and let the thunder of your royal voice be heard once more!
9 But he felt the thraldom of this girl's power with a keenness that might have terrified her, had she comprehended it.
10 However others might look upon her act, this solemn engagement with God gave her a feeling of freedom rather than of thraldom.
11 The soul of the true philosopher, which has, in life, been liberated from thraldom to the flesh, will, after death, depart to the invisible world, to live in bliss in the company of the gods.
真正哲学家的灵魂正在生时已经从的束缚之下解放了出来,正在逝世后就要到那个瞧不见的世界里走,与众神正在一同享福。
12 Now, among the Ti-pings, these things, with the exception of the physiognomy, have all disappeared, and even their features seem improved—probably through their mental and bodily relief from thraldom.
13 To possess the person of the Emperor was doubtless pleasing to the possessor--a trump card--but those who did not possess him felt his thraldom bitterly.
14 Did she hold him in such abject thraldom that he really could not get on without her?
15 It is the chatter of the charlatan, or of the theologian, or of the partly liberated mind that is still under the thraldom of theology.
16 Beautiful art, from its side, has thus performed the same service as philosophy: it has purified the spirit from its thraldom.
17 That neither the congregations nor the inferior clergy have always been in this state of thraldom, is well known.
18 There he found the beautiful princess sad and forlorn, whom he soon relieved from her apprehensions of further thraldom.
19 Their extravagances were the spontaneous out-gush of the soul, when freedom of opinion, suddenly let loose from the thraldom of ages, found itself in a large place.
20 Hath not a Saviour's dying hour Made e'en the yoke of thraldom light?
1 奴隶的身分
2 束缚
astriction band tie bond restriction cord binding slavery restraint cramp leash imprison captivity yoke shackle bondage bridle noose stricture thrall fetter stranglehold manacle trammel thralldom ring-fence hamshackle astringe enfetter engage chain bind curb restrain constrain tether pinion halter swaddle enchain entrammel astrict strait-waistcoat