Captive

(noun.) an animal that is confined.

(noun.) a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion.

(adj.) giving or marked by complete attention to; 'that engrossed look or rapt delight'; 'then wrapped in dreams'; 'so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred'- Walter de la Mare; 'rapt with wonder'; 'wrapped in thought' .

(adj.) being in captivity .

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• Jaelthe stern woman; sat apart, relenting somewhat over her captive; but more prone to dwell on the faithful expectation of Heber coming home. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• She is captive unto those men of Belial, and they will wreak their cruelty upon her, sparing neither for her youth nor her comely favour. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Her attitude toward the captive was most harsh and brutal. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• A cable holds the balloon captive. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Again, the dreaded Sunday comes round, and I file into the old pew first, like a guarded captive brought to a condemned service. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• They held the young mill-owner captive, and hardly let the air breathe or the sun shine on him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The only light was received through one or two loop-holes far above the reach of the captive's hand. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The captive staggered toward her and she saw that the liberty he had earned was earned too late. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Looking round the office, as if her father were a captive and this his cell, Bella hugged him and choked him to her heart's content. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• As I waited she rose to her full height and looking me straight in the eye said: What would Dotar Sojat, Thark, of Dejah Thoris his captive? 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• The King was at last a captive in the hands of Parliament. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• On regaining the plaza I had my third glimpse of the captive girl. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Will the Lady Rowena deign to cast an eye--on a captive knight--on a dishonoured soldier? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The candle was relit, and there was our wretched captive, shivering and cowering in the grasp of the detective. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• As fairly as a captive can strike, said De Bracy, with apparent carelessness; for he whose hands are tied should have his tongue at freedom. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Many captives were brought to me in this way. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• And treat your women well, for they are with you as captives and prisoners; they have not power over anything as regards themselves. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• For many such purposes gangs of captives were cheaper and far more controllable than levies of the king's own people. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But later many captives were spared to be slaves because they had exceptional gifts or peculiar arts. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Her decks were crowded with them as they pressed forward as far as discipline would permit to get a glimpse of their captives. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• The taste for these combats grew rapidly, and the wars supplied an abundance of captives. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• His daughter put her little prayer-book in her pocket--had she been praying for pity on all prisoners and captives! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• I have a prize among the captives as lovely as thine own. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• They all, therefore, fell captives into our hands. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

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