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fellah

/fel-uh/US // ˈfɛl ə //UK // (ˈfɛlə) //

冯仑,冯仑的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural fel·lahs, Arabic fel·la·hin, fel·la·heen [fel-uh-heen]. /ˌfɛl əˈhin/.

    • : a native peasant or laborer in Egypt, Syria, etc.

Examples

  • I have described one of the poorest of the "fellah" villages, but the traveller is often more luxuriously housed.

  • Say, young fellah, don't tell me you've been writin' up your impressions in that paper on your knee.

  • Now she heard again the far-away voice of the fellah by the shadûf, warning her surely to go.

  • But when the fellah cried out once more in the distance, it seemed to her that she heard a savage triumph in his voice.

  • But even then the inexorable hands had closed upon her, and the final cry of the fellah had thrilled with a savage triumph.