peasant

英 ['pez(ə)nt] 美['pɛznt]
  • n. 农民;乡下人

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词态变化


复数: peasants;

助记提示


1、pais: from Late Latin pagensis "(inhabitant) of the district," from Latin pagus "country or rural district" (see pagan).
2、pais => peas- + -ant => peasant.

中文词源


peasant 农民,小民

来自古法语pais,乡村,农村,缩写自拉丁语pagensis,乡村居民,来自pagus,乡村,来自PIE*pag,固定,标记,界限,词源同page,pagan.-ant,人。

英英释意


1. a country person
2. one of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers
3. a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement

英文词源


peasant (n.)
early 15c., from Anglo-French paisant (mid-14c.), Old French paisent "local inhabitant" (12c., Modern French paysan), earlier paisenc, from pais "country, region" + Frankish suffix -enc "-ing."

Pais is from Late Latin pagensis "(inhabitant) of the district," from Latin pagus "country or rural district" (see pagan). As a style of garment in fashion (such as peasant blouse) from 1953.

同义词辨析


farmer, peasant

这两个名词都有"农民"之意。

farmer: 主要指经营大片土地的农场主。

peasant: 一般指无地、少地或经营小块土地的农民。

实用场景例句


peasant farmers
个体农民

牛津词典

...the peasants in the Peruvian highlands...
秘鲁高地的农民

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Chinese peasants farm their own plots.
中国农民在他们自己的土地上耕作。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Jean Valjean came from a poor peasant family of Brie.
冉阿让生在布里的一个贫农家里.

期刊摘选

The old peasant is twisting pieces of straw into a rope.
这位老农民正把稻草搓成绳子.

《简明英汉词典》

It was the author's memory of his childhood, mainly dealing with his peasant grandfather.
这是一篇童年的回忆, 着重写的是作者务农的祖父.

汉英文学 - 散文英译

The peasant has to pay only a dollar or two a year.
农民每年必须支付一或两美元.

期刊摘选

A bumper crop remunerated the peasant for his labour.
丰收是对农民劳动的酬劳.

期刊摘选

In this story Lu Hsun writes mainly about a peasant who is backward and politically unawakened.
鲁迅在这篇小说里面,主要是写一个落后的不觉悟的农民.

期刊摘选

They struck out in the direction the old peasant had indicated.
他们朝老农所指的方向奔去.

辞典例句

An earthy , uncouth, servile peasant creature old Katy was.
老凯蒂真是个土里土气 、 恭顺的农民.

期刊摘选

Peasant origin family, folk art at an early age preferences, interest on the painting.
出身农民家庭, 自幼喜好民间艺术, 对绘画兴趣浓厚.

期刊摘选

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, peasant revolts broke out again and again.
明朝季世, 农民起义层出不穷.

期刊摘选

A peasant and his family were working in a little field beneath the singing larks.
有个农民一家人正在一小块地里干活,头顶上就有云雀在歌唱.

名作英译部分

A rich peasant economy will be allowed in the rural areas.
农村的富农经济,也是容许其存在的.

期刊摘选

She lives and works among the peasant.
她在农民中生活和劳动.

期刊摘选

The poor peasants, being the most revolutionary group, have gained the leadership of the peasant associations.
贫农, 因为最革命, 所以他们取得了农会的领导权.

期刊摘选

To avoid trouble, quite a number of landlords make voluntary contributions to the peasant associations.
地主为免祸计, 自动地捐款给农会的,亦颇不少.

期刊摘选

His father is a peasant.
他父亲是一位农民.

《简明英汉词典》

The peasant household has become prosperous through working hard.
这户农家已经通过勤劳变得兴旺发达了.

《用法词典》

He was born of a peasant family.
他出生于一个农民家庭.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

In those days, if you were born a peasant, you were a peasant for life.
那时候, 如果你出生在一个农民家庭中, 你就一辈子是农民.

《简明英汉词典》

The peasant bought a bag of chemical fertiliser in the market place.
这位农民在集市上买了一袋化肥.

《简明英汉词典》

My father is a peasant.
俺大是个农民.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The old peasant conjectured that it would be an unusually cold winter.
那老汉推测冬天将会异常地寒冷.

《简明英汉词典》

His has been a peasant familly for generations.
他家几辈子都是农民.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

A local peasant led the guerrillas through the forest.
一位当地的农民领着游击队员穿过森林.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

He was a peasant in his early years.
他早年是个农民.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Economic reform has brought relative wealth to peasant farmers.
经济改革给农民带来了相对的财富。

柯林斯例句