farmer
英 ['fɑːmə]
美['fɑmɚ]
- n. 农夫，农民
- n. (Farmer)人名；(英)法默；(法)法尔梅；(西)法梅尔
词态变化
复数: farmers;
中文词源
farmer 农场主
其本义为收租者，收税者。其本身没有土地所有权，只拥有土地耕作权或再租给下一级耕作者的权利，并向下一级耕作者收取土地的地租，上交给土地所有者，即封建领主或地主。后该词受farm影响用来指农场主。
英文词源
- farmer (n.)
- late 14c., "one who collects taxes, etc.," from Anglo-French fermer, Old French fermier "lease-holder," from Medieval Latin firmarius, from firma "fixed payment" (see farm (n.)). In the agricultural sense, 1590s, replacing native churl and husbandman.
双语例句
- 1. Mr Farmer and Mrs Jones both admitted conspiring to murder her husband.
- 法默先生和琼斯太太都承认密谋杀死了琼斯先生。
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- 2. A farmer is entitled to a certain particularized tax treatment.
- 农民能够得到某种具体的税收待遇。
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- 3. Lambing is the climax of the sheep farmer's year.
- 一年之中，产羔期最令羊农高兴。
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- 4. This recipe was given to me years ago by a farmer's wife.
- 这份食谱是一位农民的妻子几年前给我的。
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- 5. At first glance, organic farming looks much more expensive for the farmer.
- 乍一看，有机耕作对农民而言似乎花费大多了。
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