- (old-fashioned or formal)
the state of being a slave or prisoner synonym slavery奴役;束缚 - (figurative)
women’s liberation from the bondage of domestic life 女性从家庭生活束缚中的解脱
- (figurative)
the practice of being tied with ropes, chains, etc. in order to gain sexual pleasure (以捆绑寻求性快感的)性虐待癖
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Latin bondagium, from Middle English bond ‘serf’ (earlier ‘peasant, householder’), from Old Norse bóndi ‘tiller of the soil’, based on búa ‘dwell’; influenced in sense by bond.