| 释义 |
peasant/ˈpez(ə)nt/n. 1 a worker on the land, a farm labourer or small farmer, esp. a member of an agricultural class dependent on subsistence farming 农民，小农 2 derog. a boor, a lout; a person of low social status [贬]乡下佬；举止粗鲁的人；社会地位低下的人 □ peasantry n. (pl. -ies)□ peasanty adj.[Middle English via Anglo-French paisant, Old French païsent, from païs ‘country’, ultimately from Latin pagus ‘canton’] |