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English Yeoman N Cultivates Man Frisian Recorded Jəumən

单词 yeoman
音标 ['jəumən]
解释 n. 自耕农;乡下人
红宝书 【英】 n.自耕农,乡下人(a person who owns and cultivates a small farm)
【记】 由young man 变化而来
字源 yeoman (n.)
c.1300, "attendant in a noble household," of unknown origin, perhaps a contraction of Old English iunge man "young man," or from an unrecorded Old English *geaman, equivalent of Old Frisian gaman "villager," from Old English -gea "district, region, village," cognate with Old Frisian ga, ge, German Gau, Gothic gawi, from Proto-Germanic *gaujan.
Sense of "commoner who cultivates his land" is recorded from early 15c.; also the third order of fighting men (late 14c., below knights and squires, above knaves), hence yeomen's service "good, efficient service" (c.1600). Meaning "naval petty officer in charge of supplies" is first attested 1660s. Yeowoman first recorded 1852: "Then I am yeo-woman O the clumsy word!" [Tennyson, "The Foresters"]
不择手段背单词 n. 自耕农(耕作自己土地的农民)
【记】ye爷, o, man: 我们的爷爷们基本都是农民-自耕农
趣味全助记 【记】音:游民;音:佣+ man 佣人

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