hostage
🇺🇸
/ˈhɑːstɪdʒ/
🇬🇧
/ˈhɒstɪdʒ/
noun
C1
a person held by someone who threatens to harm them unless their demands are met
The robbers kept a bank employee as a hostage until they received the money.
搶匪將一名銀行員工作為人質扣押，直到他們收到錢為止。
translation
人質
詞形變化
Plural
hostages