slave
大学受験奴隷。名slavery
意味
- 奴隷(どれい)
- (欲望・習慣・職業などの)とりこ,(…に)ふける人《+of(to)+名》,(他人のために)あくせく働く人
- (奴隷のように)あくせく働く《+away》
例文
Slave revolts interfered with the Middle Passage.
奴隷の反乱によって妨害された中間航路。
At one time there were many slaves in America.
かつてアメリカにはたくさんの奴隷がいた。
The section chief made me work like a slave.
課長は私を奴隷のように働かせた。
語源
中世ラテン語sclavus「スラブ人」から。中世にスラブ系の人々が多く捕らえられ奴隷にされたことから「奴隷」。
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Inherited from Middle English sclave, from Old French esclave, from Medieval Latin sclavus (“slave”), from Late Latin Sclavus (“Slav”), traditionally assumed to be because Slavs were often forced into slavery in the Middle Ages. The Latin word is from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos); see that entry and Slav for more. Displaced native Old English þēow. Thrall and bondsman/bondswoman, however, remain common synonyms. Doublet of ciao and Slav. An alternative hypothesis derives sclavus from Ancient Greek σκῡλεύω (skūleúō), σκῡλάω (skūláō, “to strip or despoil a slain enemy”).