slave

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Literary

n. someone who is completely controlled by a habit, emotion, or influence.

n. one who has no power of resistance to a specific influence or is under the domination of a habit.

日本語:奴隷※

“He admitted that he had become a slave to his work, never leaving the office before midnight.”

“The protagonist is depicted as a slave to his own ambition, eventually sacrificing his personal relationships for professional gain.”

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Computing Technical

n. a machine or part of a machine that is controlled by another 'master' machine.

n. a device or software process that is subject to the control of another primary device or process.

日本語:スレイブ※

“The photographer used a slave flash that triggered automatically when the main camera flashed.”

“The database architecture was configured with one master node and three slave nodes to handle the high volume of read requests.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Informal

v. to work very hard for a long time, especially doing boring or difficult work.

v. to work in a laborious or drudging manner; to toil excessively.

“I've been slaving away in the kitchen all morning to get this dinner ready for you.”

“Despite slaving away at the research for months, the assistant received very little credit when the final paper was published.”