aptive breeding (= the catching and breeding of wild animals) If2 [only before noun] not free to leave a particular place or to choose what you

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A salesman loves to have a captive audience (= listening because they have no choice), It        7 % A Vr

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■                  noun a person who is kept as a prisoner, especially in a

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cap-tiv-ity /kaep'tivati/ noun [U] the state of being kept as a prisoner or in a confined space US ^; A If;   :

He was held in captivity for three years, ftii M T r. o o The bird had escaped from captivity. M R A Ej ££

cap-tor /'kaepta(r)/ noun (formal) a person who captures a person or an animal and keeps them as a prisoner

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capture 0-m /'kaeptja(r)/ verb, noun

■                  verb [VN]

►                CATCH U \i 1 to catch a person or an animal and keep them as a prisoner or in a confined space ; \ mik: Allied troops captured over 300 enemy soldiers.

300 ^£SStA±^0 o The animals are captured in nets and sold to local zoos. 3$ H N M IU M A i:,J

►                TAKE CONTROL $•[] 2 to take control of a place, building, etc. using force $ijjE£fjJjtlX.; J&A: The city was captured in 1941. ]&JSiMrfT7 1941

3 to succeed in getting control of sth that other people are also trying to control # ; J| % ;  :         The

company has captured 90% of the market.      B7-

►                MAKE SB INTERESTED ]§ A & 4 - sb’s attention/ imagination/interest to make sb interested in sth 31 iS

(         2®^., AH ) : They use puppets to capture the

imagination of younger audiences, fill 111 Af$ A/n

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►                FEELING/ATMOSPHERE fi n ; i k 5 to succeed in

accurately expressing a feeling, an atmosphere, etc. in a picture, piece of writing, film/movie, etc. ( if] If) 11, XM,        M®, l« HEIcatch:

The article captured the mood of the nation.

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►                FILM/RECORD/PAINT ffe f/ ; n| A ; ^ Ij 6 [often passive] ~ sb/sth on film/tape/canvas, etc. to film/record/paint, etc. sb/sth M; A ft1!; %£M: The attack was captured on film by security cameras.

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►                SB’S HEART jjl AGAl> 7 ~ sb’s heart to make sb love you

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►                COMPUTING if RDlli' f 8 to put sth into a computer in a form it can use |E • ■ • Ait Alii; AH

a noun [U] the act of capturing sb/sth or of being captured ( M ) fit U ;          ( M ) f? $:   the capture o/

enemy territory £ §Ji fft A §5 ± o He evaded capture for three days. f&iljMfitHAo 0 data capture capy-bara /.kaepTbaira; NAmE .kaepa'bera/ noun (pi. capy-bara or capy-baras) an animal like a very large rabbit with thick legs and small ears, which lives near water in S and Central America 7|c!^ (   A

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car /ka:(r)/ noun

1 (also BrEformal 'motor car) (NAmE also auto-mo-bile) a road vehicle with an engine and four wheels that can carry a small number of passengers /f> f\ X ; X-: Paula got into the car and drove off.  X

M A 0          0 ‘How did you come?’ ‘By car.’ “ ffc & 'a A

? ” “ Tf X A (tfj 0 ” 0 Are you going in the car? H Jf X A ®5r ? o a car driver/manufacturer/dealer fvX 111 / f'J it i§3 / £5 ^ i§l o a car accident/crash h X 9- i&; fit A 0 Where can I park the car? nj III X ®P S iXX-%%? —pictures and vocabulary notes on page Rl — see also company car 2 (also rail-car both NAmE) a separate section of a train A X A1 fffi :          Several cars

went off the rails. Wjl^A3^fiifti$L7o 3 (BrE) (in compounds 1^1 JA Jl o’ is]) a coach/car on a train of a particular type (        a sleeping/

dining car