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helot

/hel-uht, hee-luht/US // ˈhɛl ət, ˈhi lət //UK // (ˈhɛlət, ˈhiː-) //

劳工,劳工组织,劳工部,劳工局

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a member of the lowest class in ancient Laconia, constituting a body of serfs who were bound to the land and were owned by the state.Compare Perioeci, Spartiate.
    • : helot, a serf or slave; bondman.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • His cheeks bright red, his chin wet with spittle, the helot would weave and stagger and totter until he passed out in the dirt.

  • Little by little, he had become to his wife so indulgent and so affectionate, that the poor helot felt her heart touched.

  • It may actually have been the unfortunate fall to which the helot owed his death.

  • It would be, I expected, such a sight as that which the drunken Helot once presented to the virtuous Spartan youth.

  • In the boat were Thorkeld, a helot of Iona, and two dark wild-eyed men of the north.

  • Thus sacrificing one class to the other, both were injured,—the imperious Spartan and the abased Helot.