planter
英['plɑ?nt?]
美['pl?nt?]
- n. 種植機，[農機] 播種機；種植者；種植園主；耕作者；殖民者
詞態變化
復數:?planters;
中文詞源
planter 種植園主
來自plant,植物，種植。
英文詞源
- planter (n.)
- "one who sows seeds," late 14c., agent noun from plant (v.). Mechanical sense by 1850. Meaning "proprietor of a cultivated estate in West Indies or southern colonies of North America" is from 1640s, hence planter's punch (1924). Meaning "a pot for growing plants" recorded by 1959.
雙語例句
- 1. That young man was the son of a wealthy planter.
- 那年輕人是一位富有的農場主的兒子.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The clerk said with his best southern planter's accent.
- 房間登記員以最地道的南部種植園主的口吻回答.
來自辭典例句
- 3. He was the son of a wealthy planter.
- 他是一個富有的種植園主的兒子.
來自辭典例句
- 4. He was not of the planter class at all, though he was not poor white.
- 他盡管不是個窮白人,但根本不屬于農場主階級.
來自飄（部分）
- 5. To all appearances he was just the commonplace planter who had fallen upon evil days.
- 表面上看來,他完全是個時運不濟的普通種植園主.
來自辭典例句