sharecropper

美 ['ʃɛrkrɑpɚ]
  • n. (美)收益分成的佃农

英文词源


sharecropper (n.)
also share-cropper, 1887, in a U.S. Southern context; from share + agent noun from crop (v.). Share-crop system attested from 1871. As a verb, share-crop is recorded by 1867. Sharecropping attested by 1936.

双语例句


1. For most of his life my father has been a sharecropper.
我父亲大半生当佃农.

来自名作英译部分

2. The tenants , or sharecropper, worked the land and shared the crop with the landlord.
这种佃农耕作土地,并与地主对作物收获分成.

来自辞典例句

3. Muley was the only sharecropper to stay behind.
莫利是唯一留下不走的佃农.

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