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hostage 音标拼音: [h'ɑstɪdʒ] n. 人质,抵押品 人质,抵押品 hostage n 1: a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms [ synonym: { hostage}, { surety}] Hostage \ Hos" tage\, n. [ OE. hostage, OF. hostage, ostage, F. [^ o] tage, LL. hostaticus, ostaticum, for hospitaticum, fr. L. hospes guest, host. The first meaning is, the state of a guest, hospitality; hence, the state of a hostage ( treated as a guest); and both these meanings occur in Old French. See { Host} a landlord.] A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released. [ 1913 Webster] Your hostages I have, so have you mine; And we shall talk before we fight. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] 25 Moby Thesaurus words for " hostage": bail, bond, captive, earnest, earnest money, escrow, gage, guaranty, handsel, hock, mainprise, pawn, pignus, pledge, prisoner, recognizance, replevin, replevy, security, surety, token, token payment, undertaking, vadimonium, vadium
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