Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - slave
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Slave
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~1 n 1 someone who is legally owned by another person and works for them for no money (accusing her mother of treating her like a slave) 2 be a slave to/of to be completely influenced by something so that you cannot make your own decisions (A lot of kids nowadays are slaves of fashion.) 3 slave driver informal someone who makes people work extremely hard (She knew the girls called her a slave driver behind her back.) ~2 v to work very hard with little time to rest + away/over/for (I've been slaving away for hours to get this report finished. | slaving away over a hot stove (=a humorous way of saying you are cooking))
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(slaves, slaving, slaved) 1. A slave is someone who is the property of another person and has to work for that person. The state of Liberia was formed a century and a half ago by freed slaves from the United States. N-COUNT 2. You can describe someone as a slave when they are completely under the control of another person or of a powerful influence. Movie stars used to be slaves to the studio system. N-COUNT: with supp 3. If you say that a person is slaving over something or is slaving for someone, you mean that they are working very hard. When you’re busy all day the last thing you want to do is spend hours slaving over a hot stove. VERB: V over n • Slave away means the same as slave. He stares at the hundreds of workers slaving away in the intense sun. PHRASAL VERB: V P ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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geographical name river 258 miles (415 kilometers) Canada flowing from W end of Lake Athabasca N into Great ~ Lake SLAVE I. noun Etymology: Middle English sclave, from Anglo-French or Medieval Latin; Anglo-French esclave, from Medieval Latin sclavus, from Sclavus Slavic; from the frequent en~ment of Slavs in central Europe during the early Middle Ages Date: 14th century 1. a person held in servitude as the chattel of another 2. one that is completely subservient to a dominating influence 3. a device (as the printer of a computer) that is directly responsive to another 4. drudge, toiler • ~ adjective II. verb (~d; slaving) Date: 1602 transitive verb 1. archaic en~ 2. to make directly responsive to another mechanism intransitive verb 1. to work like a ~ ; drudge 2. to traffic in ~s ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a person who is the legal property of another or others and is bound to absolute obedience, a human chattel. 2 a drudge, a person working very hard. 3 (foll. by of, to) a helpless victim of some dominating influence (slave of fashion; slave to duty). 4 a machine, or part of one, directly controlled by another. --v. 1 intr. (often foll. by at, over) work very hard. 2 tr. (foll. by to) subject (a device) to control by another. Phrases and idioms slave-bangle a bangle of gold, glass, etc., worn by a woman usu. above the elbow. slave-born born in slavery, born of slave parents. slave-bracelet = slave-bangle. slave-drive (past -drove; past part. -driven) work (a person) hard, esp. excessively. slave-driver 1 an overseer of slaves at work. 2 a person who works others hard. slave labour forced labour. slave ship hist. a ship transporting slaves, esp. from Africa. Slave State hist. any of the southern States of the US in which slavery was legal before the Civil War. slave-trade hist. the procuring, transporting, and selling of human beings, esp. African Blacks, as slaves. slave-trader hist. a person engaged in the slave-trade. Etymology: ME f. OF esclave = med.L sclavus, sclava Slav (captive): see SLAV ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) подчинённый механизм; подчинённое устройство 2) подстраиваться; синхронизировать(ся) (по опорному сигналу) - computer slave ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английски словарь по телекоммуникациям
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1) ведомый 2) ждущий 3) компьют. подчиненный slave electric clock — вторичные электрочасы - slave beacon - slave laser - slave node - slave processor - slave station - slave unit - slave variable ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский словарь по машиностроению
Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. раб, невольник they were sold for slaves —- они были проданы в рабство trade in slaves —- работорговля slave labour —- рабский труд S. States —- ам. ист. рабовладельческие штаты 2. жертва, раб (идей, страстей, чужой воли) a slave of habit —- раб привычки to be a slave of fashion —- рабски следовать моде to be a slave to alcohol —- быть жертвой алкоголизма to be a slave to a formula —- слепо цепляться за какую-либо формулу 3. робот (в фантастике) 4. низкий угодник, раболепный прислужник 5. спец. исполнительный механизм манипулятора 6. тех. вспомогательное устройство; ведомая станция 7. ведомый, управляемый 8. тех. копирующий, исполнительный (о механизме) 9. работать до изнеможения, надрываться (также slave away) to slave and toil to earn one's living —- работать до изнеможения ради куска хлеба to slave for one's master —- работать на хозяина; работать подневольно 10. редк. обращаться как с рабом; помыкать 11. ист. редк. торговать рабами Id: to slave one's life (out) —- надрываться, кишки надрывать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) раб, невольник 2) attr. рабский; slave labour - подневольный труд Syn: bondmaid, bondman, peon, serf, thrall, vassal Ant: boss, lord 2. v. работать как раб, надрываться; I get so tired of slaving at this work day after day. By slaving away for two hours, I at last got the cooker clean. ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1300, from O.Fr. esclave, from M.L. Sclavus "slave," originally "Slav," so called because of the many Slavs sold into slavery by conquering peoples. The verb meaning "work like a slave" is first recorded 1719. Slavery is from 1551; slavish "servilely imitative" is from 1753. O.E. Wealh "Briton" also began to be used in the sense of "serf, slave" c.850; and Skt. dasa-, which can mean "slave," is apparently connected to dasyu- "pre-Aryan inhabitant of India." More common O.E. words for slave were юeow (related to юeowian "to serve") and юrжl (see thrall). The Slavic words for "slave" (Rus. rab, Serbo-Croatian rob, O.C.S. rabu) are from O.Slav. *orbu, from the PIE base *orbh- (also source of orphan) the ground sense of which seems to be "thing that changes allegiance" (in the case of the slave, from himself to his master). The Slavic word is also the source of robot. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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