peasant
noun[C]
uk/ˈpez.ənt/us/ˈpez.ənt/C1
apersonwhoownsorrentsasmallpieceoflandandgrowscrops,keepsanimals, etc. on it,especiallyone who has alowincome, very littleeducation, and alowsocialposition. This is usually used of someone wholivedin the past or of someone in apoorcountry:
(通常指旧时或贫穷国家的)农民,农夫Tons ofinternationallydonatedfoodwasdistributedto thestarvingpeasants.数吨国际社会捐赠的食品被分给了这些饥饿的农民。
Most of theproducesoldin themarketisgrownby peasantfarmers.市场上出售的大部分产品是由个体农民种植的。
Peasant women withscarvesaroundtheirheadswereworkingin thefields.农妇们头上包着围巾,正在地里干活。
informaldisapproving
apersonwho is not welleducatedor isrudeand does notbehavewell:
没教养的人,粗人Joe's arealpeasant.乔很没教养。
Farmers & farm workers
- crofter
- farmer
- farmhand
- homesteader
- landholder
- market gardener
- non-farmer
- pastoralist
- peon
- picker
- ploughman
- poulterer
- rancher
- ryot
- sharecropper
- smallholder
- squatter
- truck farmer
- yeoman
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