sharecropper
美 ['ʃɛrkrɑpɚ]
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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