- 1囚禁（人）；圈養（動物被關起來、不能自由活動的狀態）
Captivity is the state of being kept in a place and not free to go — a prison for a person, a cage or closed space for an animal. Zoos keep wild animals in captivity; news stories talk about people held in captivity. It names the condition, not the place (the place is the prison or the cage). For animals, in the wild is the opposite idea. It is a serious, slightly formal word. For people, everyday English may say in prison or locked up; captivity is used when we want to stress the loss of freedom, including animals and prisoners of war. Though actually, bred in captivity is a set phrase on zoo signs and in wildlife talk, and you will see it there even in simple English.
From the word’s history
From Middle English captivite, from Latin captīvitās; captive + -ity. Entered English around the 14th century.
源自拉丁文 captīvitās，約 14 世紀進入英文。
組成From Middle English captivite, from Latin captīvitās. By the pieces you can still see: captive + -ity. In English from about the 14th century.
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
captivitynoun/kæpˈtɪvɪti/
- 1
The state of being captive.
- held in captivity
- escape from captivity
- 2
obsoleteA group of people/beings captive.
- 3
The state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslaved.
- long captivity
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。