| 词汇 | farmhand |
| 释义 | farmhand noun[ C ] uk /ˈfɑːm.hænd/ us /ˈfɑːrm.hænd/ farmhandnoun[C] (WORKER)a person who is paid to work on a farm: 农场工人 Thousands of farmhands have found themselves out of work because of falling coffee prices. Farmers & farm workers crofter dairymaid farmer gentleman farmer homesteader landholder market gardener non-farmer orchardist pastoralist peasant peon picker ploughman rancher ryot sharecropper smallholder truck farmer yeoman farmhandnoun[C] (BASEBALL PLAYER)US in baseball, a young player who is sent to join a team playing below the highest level in order to prepare to play at the highest level: It was his second season as a farmhand for the Atlanta Braves. Baseball & rounders 1-2-3 inning ahead alley around the hornidiom at bat bomb curve heater hit the ball out of the parkidiom hitting coach home plate home stand horsehide sac solo spitter split-fingered fastball splitter squeeze play swing But one day a spy, who did work disguised as a farmhand, was discovered. Every day, at noon, fifteen persons, masters, farmhands and the women folks, seated themselves around the long kitchen table where the soup was brought in steaming in a large, blue-flowered bowl. George Wilson had last been heard of, twenty years before, as a farmhand, in Illinois, and his whereabouts were at this time unknown. He was wearing a slouch hat, instead of his beloved silk one, and was attired in shabby garments, as befitted his character of a farmhand. The two Russians made good farmhands, and in summer they worked out together. farmhand | American Dictionaryfarmhand noun[ C ] us/ˈfɑrmˌhænd/ a person who is paid to work on a farm Examples of farmhandfarmhand Here are words peculiar to baseball, as well as ordinary words (spitter, receiver, farmhand) the special definitions of which won't be found in most dictionaries. These were often only employed in the summer, while farmhands were employed on a yearly basis. The next most prevalent occupational category among male criminals (group 6b) includes farmhands (drangar) and cottagers (torpare). He became a sailor and after that he worked as a farmhand in a village nearby. On larger farms there could be several farmhands with roughly the same tasks, status and wages as second farmhands. A few worked as farmhands, but most of the old male migrants were workers or artisans. By doing this he won the coveted place and became the first farmhand for the year. Therefore, the reports in the wedding register that some were farmhands or maids when they married have been used in this study. Brides and farmhands often moved short distances within local systems. In their early teens, young people generally left home and worked as farmhands or maids in other households. On large and middle-sized farms, maids were given a special maids' room in the main house, while farmhands had a room connected to the stable. The first farmhand was the oldest and most qualified. Forcing a farmhand to return to work was not regarded as desirable, even if lawful means were available. On small farms of about 10 to 15 acres and a pair of horses/oxen, the need was generally for just one maid and farmhand. The servant's age and work recommendations from a previous employer were good indications of the suitability of a maid or farmhand. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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