peasant
英 ['pez(?)nt]
美['p?znt]
- 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.
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.
双语例句
- 1. Economic reform has brought relative wealth to peasant farmers.
- 经济改革给农民带来了相对的财富。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He loved Gerard's peasant earthiness.
- 他喜欢杰勒德身上那种农民的朴实。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The old peasant is twisting pieces of straw into a rope.
- 这位老农民正把稻草搓成绳子.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》