galley slave

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A slave who rows in a galley (type of ship). historical
    — "That is a chain of galley slaves, on the way to the galleys by force of the king's orders." "How by force?" asked Don Quixote; "is it possible that the king uses force against anyone?" "I do not say that," answered Sancho, "but that these are people condemned for their crimes to serve by force in the king's galleys."
  2. A typesetter (person who arranged type in a galley for printing). obsolete,slang
    — The "galley slaves" in those days were the genuine article, and by the "chains that bound them" were no doubt the original members of the union.

词形变化

galley slaves plural galley-slave alternative
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