| 单词 | field hand |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfield hand field hand n. a labourer working in the fields; (formerly sometimes) spec. a slave working on a plantation. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > farm worker hindc1230 land-tiliec1275 fieldera1425 fieldmana1425 land-tiller?a1500 field labourer1610 scullogue1665 fieldworker1691 field hand1774 spalpeen1780 land-worker1782 farmhand1794 field woman1813 grass comber1825 cowman1828 chamar1858 guajiro1901 shamba boy1907 cowman-gardener1908 tractorman1946 hoggler1986 farm worker2017 the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > farm worker > (semi-)slave serf1761 field hand1774 predial1836 society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [noun] > slave > slave on plantation field hand1774 1774 E. Long Hist. Jamaica I. iii. 450 The remainder of the able field hands might therefore be occupied about other necessary work. 1835 J. H. Ingraham South-West II. xxxix. 254 The third and lowest class consists of those slaves, who are termed ‘field hands’. 1858 Times 6 Feb. 9/1 The falling off in the old supplies of field hands causes a grumble in most agricultural districts as harvest comes round. 1936 M. Mitchell Gone with Wind xxii. 373 You'll go or I'll sell you down the river. You'll never see your mother again..and I'll sell you for a field hand too. 2003 National Geographic June 15/1 (caption) Musahar women, many of whom work as field hands, have begun to agitate for better living conditions. < as lemmas |
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