Word · Frequency #47129
villein
/ˈvilein/
noun
农奴；隶农
核心释义
(in the Middle Ages) a serf bound to the land and owned by a feudal lord
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(中世纪)被束缚在土地上、为封建领主所有的农奴
(Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
(中世纪)被束缚在土地上、为封建领主所有的农奴；隶农
用法In use
In the medieval system, a villein could not leave the land without the lord's permission.
用法提示：这里villein作单数名词，指被束缚在土地上的农奴。
The lord treated his villeins as part of the estate.
用法提示：复数形式villeins指多个农奴，表示领主庄园里的依附农民。
Each villein had to work on the lord's fields for several days each week.
用法提示：单数名词villein作主语，强调每个农奴的封建义务。
a/an + villein
表示身份
He was a villein bound to the lord.
他是一个依附于领主的隶农。
plural noun as subject
复数形式
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语法说明Grammar Note
可数名词，复数形式为villeins。
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