| 单词 | cottager |
| 释义 | cottager noun[C] old useuk/ˈkɒt.ɪ.dʒər/us/ˈkɑː.t̬ɪ.dʒɚ/apersonwholivesin acottage 住在乡村小屋的人，村民People who live or settle somewhere
Examplesofcottagercottager Even smallholders, crofters and cottagers in freehold parishes were better off in old age than former tenant farmers on the estates. From theCambridge English Corpus The next most prevalent occupational category among male criminals (group 6b) includes farmhands (drangar) and cottagers (torpare). From theCambridge English Corpus It has increasingly concentrated on the fate of the smallholder andcottagerand more recently on the interplay of landownership and common rights. From theCambridge English Corpus One of the results of these changes was the widespread establishment of smallholders and cottagers. From theCambridge English Corpus For three of the estates there was a considerable difference between farmers, on the one hand, and crofters, cottagers and smaller farmers on the other. From theCambridge English Corpus For most cottagers and labourers the battle to retain a respectable independence was a basic instinct. From theCambridge English Corpus Recognition of local unease at maladministration resulted in a clause allowing the cottagers to unseat trustees and make new appointments if they were dissatisfied. From theCambridge English Corpus Many cottagers converted their rights to keep animals there into cash by selling them to larger farmers every year. From theCambridge English Corpus This was particularly common among cottagers and crofters or their widows, and there might be no formal contract. From theCambridge English Corpus Since the owner of the land almost always owned all buildings errected on it, tenant farmers, cottagers and crofters did not have any formal rights to dwellings when they retired. From theCambridge English Corpus At that time they established themselves as farmers, if they had access to land or could lease it, or as crofters, cottagers, soldiers, craftsmen, contract workers, day-labourers and so on. From theCambridge English Corpus This picture of the gradual emergence of a substantial group of cottagers and small farmers is confirmed by analysis of the parish acre books of 1673. From theCambridge English Corpus The form ' 'cot ' ' could be ' 'cot' ', ' 'cottage' ', ' 'cottager' ', or ' 'cotarius' ' + it is simultaneously all of these. From theCambridge English Corpus It also criticizes middle-class do-gooders for assuming that misery and immorality must characterize those cottagers who do not meet their genteel standards of cleanliness and propriety. From theCambridge English Corpus The bulk of this group is formed by cottagers, artisans, soldiers, contract workers (statare) and other agricultural workers who had no property and did not lease landholdings. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
| 随便看 |
|
英汉词典包含213609条英汉翻译词条，涵盖了常用英语单词及词组短语的翻译及用法，是英语学习的必备工具。