also share-cropper, 1887, in a U.S. Southern context; from share + agent noun from crop (v.). Share-crop system attested from 1871. As a verb, share-crop is recorded by 1867. Sharecropping attested by 1936.
雙語例句
1. For most of his life my father has been a sharecropper.
我父親大半生當?shù)柁r(nóng).
來自名作英譯部分
2. The tenants , or sharecropper, worked the land and shared the crop with the landlord.
這種佃農(nóng)耕作土地,并與地主對作物收獲分成.
來自辭典例句
3. Muley was the only sharecropper to stay behind.