serf 的定义
- a person in a condition of feudal servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- a worker who is underpaid, overworked, or otherwise exploited: Today's service-sector serfs are fighting for the most basic of job perks: a decent paycheck, a stable schedule, and paid time off when they are sick.
- Obsolete. a person held in bondage or slavery.
serf 近义词
slave
更多serf例句
- The word itself derives from the Czech word “robota,” or forced labor, as done by serfs.
- "Fergan must have remained behind in the quarry where he cuts stone," remarked another serf.
- The bailiff having finished his reading, beckoned to a serf named Peter the Lame.
- The imprecations and the foot-falls of the serf alone interrupted the silence of the night.
- Accidentally the bailiff caught sight of the blind serf, mutilated of his four limbs.
- The young serf had a somberer and wilder look, her tears had dried, but her eyes shot lightning.