• n. 農(nóng)奴；奴隸；被壓迫者

來自 serve 的名詞形式，比較 proof,prove.用于指農(nóng)奴。

serf (n.)

late 15c., "servant, serving-man, slave," from Old French serf "vassal, servant, slave" (12c.), from Latin servum (nominative servus) "slave" (see serve). Fallen from use in original sense by 18c. Meaning "lowest class of cultivators of the soil in continental European countries" is from 1610s. Use by modern writers with reference to medieval Europeans first recorded 1761 (contemporary Anglo-Latin records used nativus, villanus, or servus).

1. The serf - owners had the right to beat , abuse or even kill the serfs at will.

(那時) 農(nóng)奴主 有權(quán)任意打罵甚至殺害農(nóng)奴.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. In the Middle Ages, a lord and a serf had very different places in life.

中世紀(jì), 農(nóng)奴主和農(nóng)奴在生活中是兩個截然不同的階級.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. This movement overthrew the serf system and freed a million serfs and slaves.

這一運(yùn)動推翻了農(nóng)奴制,并且解放了百萬農(nóng)奴和奴隸.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. This decentralized economic system relied on the legal immobility of the serf.

這種分散的經(jīng)濟(jì)制度依賴于農(nóng)奴在法律上的固定性.

來自辭典例句

5. The serf was trod to death.

這個農(nóng)奴被蹂躪致死.

來自辭典例句