peon
美音:[´pi:ən
]
英音:[´pi:ən
]
n.日工,雇农,苦工
难易程度:
peon为短语/超纲词汇
peon
/'pi:ən; `piən/
n
1 (in India, etc) person employedas a messenger （印度等国的）信差.
2 (in Latin America) farm labourer （拉丁美洲的）农场工人.
n
1 (in India, etc) person employedas a messenger （印度等国的）信差.
2 (in Latin America) farm labourer （拉丁美洲的）农场工人.
peon
n[C]AmE
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Portuguese;Origin: peão and French pion, from Medieval Latin pedo; PAWN1]
informal someone who does boring or physically hard work for low pay - used humorously
someone in Mexico or South America who works as a type of slave to pay back debts
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Portuguese;Origin: peão and French pion, from Medieval Latin pedo; PAWN1]
informal someone who does boring or physically hard work for low pay - used humorously
someone in Mexico or South America who works as a type of slave to pay back debts
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