英语单词 | peasant |
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英美音标 | 英 ['peznt] 美 ['peznt] |
中文释义 | n.农民 |
英语例句 | (1) That night we put up in a peasant's home. (2) It is the lament of an impoverished peasant. |
中文例句 | (1) 那天晚上我们住在一个农民的家里。 (2) 它是一个已贫穷化的农民的哀词。 |
vocabulary简明 | If you enjoy reading tales set in the Middle Ages, you’ve probably encountered your fair share of knights, dragons, and peasants, or residents of the countryside. |
vocabulary扩展 | During the Middle Ages in Europe, most members of the population were peasants who lived a meager existence, working farmland that was owned by wealthy noblemen. Peasant is still used sometimes today to describe a relatively poor person who works as a farm laborer. Peasant can also be used to mean “an unsophisticated and ill-mannered person,” so when using this word, be sure your intended meaning is clear. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]农民 A peasant is a poor person of low social status who works on the land; used of people who live in countries where farming is still a common way of life. [oft supp N]
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