n. 人质
拆分: -host-客人 + -age名词词尾
短语:take [hold] a person as hostage 将某人扣作人质
例:Eight people were held hostage for four months. 8个人作为人质被扣留了4个月。 The gunmen took 24 hostages. 持枪歹徒扣押了24名人质。 diplomatic efforts to get the hostages released 解救人质的外交努力
