学个词Learn a Word 第1508: captivity

  今天我们要学的词是captivity¹. Captivity is spelled c-a-p-t-i-v-i-t-y, captivity. Captivity 名词，意思是囚禁，束缚。In Turkey, two dolphins who were rescued from a filthy² pool at a tourism resort were released back into the wild after years in captivity. 在土耳其，两只从旅游渡假村的肮脏游泳池中获救的海豚被放生回大海，在这之前的几年中，它们一直被人类豢养。在美国，三年前在两伊边界地区爬山时被当间谍关起来的一男一女最近结为夫妻。据悉，The groom³ proposed while they were held in captivity with a ring made out of threads from his shirt. 新郎是在两人被囚禁期间求婚的，求婚时用的戒指是用他自己衬衫里的线做成的。好的， 今天我们学习的词是captivity, captivity, captivity...

1 captivity   

n.囚禁；被俘；束缚

参考例句：

• A zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.动物园是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。
• He was held in captivity for three years.他被囚禁叁年。

2 filthy   

adj.卑劣的；恶劣的，肮脏的

参考例句：

• The whole river has been fouled up with filthy waste from factories.整条河都被工厂的污秽废物污染了。
• You really should throw out that filthy old sofa and get a new one.你真的应该扔掉那张肮脏的旧沙发，然后再去买张新的。

3 groom   

vt.给（马、狗等）梳毛，照料，使...整洁

参考例句：

• His father was a groom.他父亲曾是个马夫。
• George was already being groomed for the top job.为承担这份高级工作，乔治已在接受专门的培训。