settler

英 ['setlə] 美 ['sɛtlɚ]
  • n. 移居者;殖民者
  • n. (Settler)人名;(德)泽特勒

英文词源


settler (n.)
1590s, "a thing that settles" (a debate, etc.); agent noun from settle (v.). Meaning "a person who moves into a new country" is from 1690s.

双语例句


1. The settler got the house at a nominal price.
移居者象征性地花点钱买下了这栋房子.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. I was a guide , a pathfinder, an original settler.
我成了领路人 、 开拓者 、 一个原始的移民.

来自英汉文学 - 盖茨比

3. This Act gave 160 acres free to each settler family.
这一法案规定为每一移民定居户无偿提供一百六十英亩土地.

来自辞典例句

4. One of his forefathers was an early settler in America.
他的祖先之一是美洲的早期移民.

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5. The government allotted a stretch of land to each settler.
政府分配给每个居民一块地.

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