"sharecropper" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 佃农

Definition

佃农是指替地主耕作土地，并用部分收成而不是金钱来支付租金的农民。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

这个词多出现在美国南部南北战争后的历史背景，常与贫困、剥削相关。如今多用于历史或文学场合，很少用于现代农业。

Examples

The sharecropper planted cotton every spring.

**佃农**每年春天种棉花。

The sharecropper gave half his crops to the landowner.

**佃农**把一半的收成都交给地主。

Many sharecroppers lived in simple houses near the fields.

许多**佃农**住在田地附近的简陋房子里。

As a child, my grandfather worked as a sharecropper in Mississippi.

我祖父小时候在密西西比当过**佃农**。

Life was never easy for a sharecropper and his family.

做**佃农**的人和他们的家庭生活从未轻松。

The story describes the struggles of a young sharecropper trying to change his future.

这个故事讲述了一位年轻**佃农**努力改变命运的奋斗。