n.[C]

1. 奴隸
   There were more slaves than citizens in ancient Athens.

   在古代的雅典，奴隸比城鎮自由民多。

2. 奴隸般工作的人；苦工
3. 奴隸般受控制的人；擺脫不了某種習慣（或影響）的人[（+to/of）]
   They are all slaves to fashion.

   他們都是拼命趕時髦的人。

4. 【動】奴隸蟻
5. 從動裝置

vi.

1. 奴隸般工作；苦幹[（+away）]
   My mother has been slaving away all weekend in the kitchen.

   整個週末，我母親一直在廚房裡忙碌。

2. 販賣奴隸

n.

1. historical a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them.
   ▸a person who is excessively dependent upon or controlled by something:

   a slave to fashion.
2. a device, or part of one, directly controlled by another. Compare with master¹.

v.

1. work excessively hard.
2. [as noun slaving] historical the action or process of enslaving people.
3. subject (a device) to control by another.