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Bondage is the old, serious word for being a slave, or for being forced to live under someone else's total control against your will — history books talk about people "held in bondage." It's also used, more loosely, for feeling trapped by something, like "bondage to debt." In modern casual use, you'll also hear it in the context of certain sexual practices involving being tied up, so be aware it can carry that meaning depending on context.
奴役；束縛；(性行為)綁縛
組成bond (something that ties or holds) + -age (a state or condition).
同家族的字
- bondthe root word — bondage is the state of being bound
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
bondagenoun/ˈbɒn.dɪd͡ʒ/
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The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery.
- debt bondage
- In Judeo-Christian tradition, the Israelites fled bondage at the hands of the Egyptians, only to wander in the wilderness for the next four decades.
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The state of lacking freedom; constraint.
- He lived in financial bondage to his cocaine habit; no matter how much he earned, it all seemed to disappear up his nose.
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lifestylesexsexualityThe practice of physically restraining people for sexual pleasure, such as by tying up or shackling.
- Their marriage broke up when she discovered he had been engaging in bondage games with a local dominatrix while he was supposedly working out at the gym.
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Applied to clothing with many buckles, zips, etc., associated with punk and goth subcultures.
- bondage trousers; bondage jeans; bondage pants
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。