English-Thai Dictionary

hostage

N ตัวประกัน  ตัวจำนำ  เชลย  captive pawn prisoner tua-pra-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HOSTAGE

n.A person delivered to an enemy or hostile power, as a pledge to secure the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, and on the performance of which the person is to be released.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HOSTAGE

Hos "tage, n. Etym: [OE. hostage, OF. hostage, ostage, F. ôtage, 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. ]

 

Defn: 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. Your hostages I have, so have you mine; And we shall talk before we fight. Shak. He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune. Bacon.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

hosta

hos ta |ˈhōstə, ˈhästə ˈhoʊstə | ▶noun an eastern Asian plant cultivated in the West for its shade-tolerant foliage and loose clusters of tubular mauve or white flowers. Also called plantain lily. [Genus Hosta (formerly Funkia ), family Liliaceae. ] ORIGIN modern Latin, named after Nicolaus T. Host (1761 –1834 ), Austrian physician.

 

hostage

hos tage |ˈhästij ˈhɑstɪʤ | ▶noun a person seized or held as security for the fulfillment of a condition: the kidnapper had instructed the hostage's family to drop the ransom at noon. PHRASES hold (or take ) someone hostage seize and keep someone as a hostage: they were held hostage by armed rebels | taken hostage at gunpoint. a hostage to fortune an act, commitment, or remark that is regarded as unwise because it invites trouble or could prove difficult to live up to: making objectives explicit is to give a hostage to fortune . ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French, based on late Latin obsidatus ‘the state of being a hostage ’ (the earliest sense in English ), from Latin obses, obsid- ‘hostage. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

hosta

hosta |ˈhɒstə | ▶noun an East Asian plant cultivated in the West for its shade-tolerant foliage and loose clusters of tubular mauve or white flowers. ●Genus Hosta (formerly Funkia ), family Liliaceae. ORIGIN modern Latin, named after Nicolaus T. Host (1761 –1834 ), Austrian physician.

 

hostage

hos |tage |ˈhɒstɪdʒ | ▶noun a person seized or held as security for the fulfilment of a condition: they were held hostage by armed rebels. PHRASES hostage to fortune an undertaking or remark seen as unwise because it invites trouble or could prove difficult to live up to. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French, based on late Latin obsidatus ‘the state of being a hostage ’ (the earliest sense in English ), from Latin obses, obsid- ‘hostage ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

hostage

hostage noun all of the hostages were released unharmed: captive, prisoner, inmate, detainee, internee; victim, abductee, prey; human shield, pawn, instrument.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

hostage

hostage noun the hijackers released all the hostages: captive, prisoner, detainee, internee; pawn, security, surety, pledge.

 

Spanish Dictionary

hosta

hosta nombre femenino Planta perenne de hojas abundantes, brillantes y con nervios muy marcados formando ondulaciones en la superficie, utilizada como planta de jardín .

 

hostal

hostal nombre masculino Establecimiento de hostelería de categoría inferior al hotel que ofrece alojamiento y servicio de comedor .SINÓNIMO hostería .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

hostage

hos tage /hɑ́stɪdʒ |hɔ́s -/〖host 1 ((接待されている )客 )age (状態 )〗名詞 複 ～s /-ɪz /1 C 人質 ; U 人質状態 ▸ He was held [taken ] hostage .彼は人質にとられていた [とられた ] (!複数主語でもhostagesとしない ) ▸ be in hostage 人質となっている 2 U ｟古 ｠質物 （しちもつ ）, 抵当 .be (a ) h ó stage to A A 〈事 〉に束縛 [制限 ]されている .g ì ve h ò stages to f ó rtune 将来足手まといになるかもしれないものを持つ [背負う ] (!しばしば結婚して妻子を持つことをさす ) .