
好词典

源自古英语 'hīna',意为仆人、家臣,与古诺尔斯语 'hīnn'(家庭成员)同源。
❶ 古英语中对仆人、农场工人或农村劳动者的称呼,现代英语中已不常见,主要用于历史或文学作品中。
“The hine worked diligently in the fields from dawn till dusk.”
(那个雇工从早到晚在田地里辛勤劳作。)
“In medieval times, a hine was often bound to the land he worked on.”
(在中世纪,雇工通常被束缚在他们耕作的土地上。)
hine of the soil — 指与土地紧密相连的农民或农业劳动者,强调其与土地的依存关系。
“He was a true hine of the soil, knowing every inch of his farmland.”
(他是一个真正与土地相依的农民,熟悉农田的每一寸土地。)