Dictionary entry

Hostage

Pronunciation: /ˈhɒstɪdʒ/

Pronunciation

/ˈhɒstɪdʒ/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) ဓားစာခံ။

Definition

hostage /'hɒstÇdʒ/ n ဓားစာခံ။ The hijackers kept the pilot as (a) hostage on board the plane. ❍ Three young children were taken/held hostage during the bank robbery. ❏ a hostage to fortune [ IDM ] ( fml ) မ်က္စိေအာက္က အေပ်ာက္မခံႏိုင္ေသာသူ၊ အရာ။ [ဥ] အသက္။

Examples

  1. The President is making every effort to obtain the release of the hostages.
  2. [take someone hostage] : Six visiting businessmen were taken hostage by rebel groups.
  3. [hold someone hostage] : A prison librarian held hostage for 13 hours has been freed.