galley n. 1.(古代用奴隸等劃槳的)單層甲板大帆船;(古希臘、羅馬的)軍艦。 2.軍艦艦長用的大劃艇;(船艦、飛機上的)廚房。 3.【冶金】長方形爐;【印刷】長方形活字盤,長條校樣。 be sent to the galleys 被罰作劃船苦工。
slave n. 1.奴隸。 2.…的奴隸,耽迷于…的人 (of; to)。 3.奴隸一般工作的人,苦工。 4.【動物;動物學】奴隸蟻 (=slave ant)。 5.【機械工程】從動裝置。 6.〔pl.〕〔美國〕職業棒球選手。 a slave to duty 拼命盡本分工作的人。 be a slave of [to] drink=a slave to the bottle 酒的奴隸,酒鬼。 a willing slave 甘心情愿唯命是從的人。 the slave of one's wife's caprices 悉聽妻子左右的男人。 the slaves of fashion 拼命趕時髦的人們。 vi. (像奴隸一樣)拼命工作,牛馬似地工作,做苦工。
The boy was caught and sold to be a galley slave 這個男孩被抓住,并被賣到戰艦上做奴隸。
英文解釋
a laborer who is obliged to do menial work 同義詞:drudge, peon, navvy,
a slave condemned to row in a galley
百科解釋
"Galley Slave" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov, originally published in Galaxy, December 1957, and included in the collection The Rest of the Robots. Asimov identified it as his favorite among those of his robot stories featuring the character of Susan Calvin.