planter
英['plɑːntə]
美['plæntɚ]
- n. 种植机，[农机] 播种机；种植者；种植园主；耕作者；殖民者
词态变化
复数: planters;
中文词源
planter 种植园主
来自plant,植物，种植。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. That young man was the son of a wealthy planter.
- 那年轻人是一位富有的农场主的儿子.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. The clerk said with his best southern planter's accent.
- 房间登记员以最地道的南部种植园主的口吻回答.
来自辞典例句
- 3. He was the son of a wealthy planter.
- 他是一个富有的种植园主的儿子.
来自辞典例句
- 4. He was not of the planter class at all, though he was not poor white.
- 他尽管不是个穷白人,但根本不属于农场主阶级.
来自飘（部分）
- 5. To all appearances he was just the commonplace planter who had fallen upon evil days.
- 表面上看来,他完全是个时运不济的普通种植园主.
来自辞典例句