peasant

名词 peasant:

1. a country person
   同义词：provincial, bucolic
2. one of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers
3. a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
   同义词：barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, tyke, tike

1. He sprang from peasant stock.
   他是农民出身。
2. The failure of their crops spelt disaster for the peasant farmers.
   作物歉收农民就要受灾。
3. The poor peasant was thrown into a dungeon.
   那个可怜的农民被投进了地牢。
4. The local lords often treated the peasants badly.
   当地地主常常虐待农民。

peas.ant

n.（名词）
A member of the class constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, and laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture.
小农，佃农，农民：由小农、佃农、土地劳动力等构成的阶级中的一员，他们形成农业部门的主要劳动力
A country person; a rustic.
庄稼人；乡下人
An uncouth, crude, or ill-bred person; a boor.
粗人：笨拙的、粗鲁的或无教养的人；举止粗鲁的人

来源：
Middle English paissaunt
中古英语 paissaunt
from Old French paisant
源自 古法语 paisant
from pais [country]
源自 pais [乡村]
from Late Latin p3gônsis [inhabitant of a district]
源自 后期拉丁语 p3gônsis [某一地区的居民]
from Latin p3gus [district] * see pag-
源自 拉丁语 p3gus [地区，区域] *参见 pag-