| 释义 |
peasantly, a. Now rare or Obs.|ˈpɛzəntlɪ|
[f. peasant n. + -ly1.]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a peasant or peasants.
1569T. Stocker tr. Diod. Sic. ii. ix. 52 To pray and require suche paysauntlie slaues of passage and recourse. 1598Dallington Meth. Trav. S j b, Vertue makes Nobility, for, there are noble Peasants, and peasantly Nobles. 1611Cotgr., Coteret,..a kind of peasantlie weapon vsed in old time. 1659Gentl. Calling v. §17 An opinion that it is a mean and peasantly thing for a gentleman to give himself the trouble of looking after his fortune. 1697Collier Immor. Stage v. §3 (1730) 145 This Peasantly Expression [Sack-wine] agrees neither with the Gentleman's figure, nor with the rest of his behaviour. |