1680s, from Latin captor "a catcher," agent noun from captus, past participle of capere "to take" (see capable). Earlier it meant "censor" (1640s). Fem. form captress recorded from 1867.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. He could never ever give any responses to his captor other than name, rank, serial number and date of birth.
除姓名、軍銜、部隊(duì)編號(hào)和出生年月外，他再也不肯回答俘獲他的人的任何問題。
來自柯林斯例句
2. His captor, a man dressed in discreet dark clothing.
俘獲他的人穿著不顯眼的黑衣服.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. An experimentalin Denmark that uses monoethanolamine as the captor has been running for two years.