serf
n. 农奴,奴隶; 像农奴般遭受奴役的人
In former times, serfs were a class of people who had to work on a particular person's land and could not leave without that person's permission.
1. (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
The serf an assured existence, the proletarian has not.
农奴生活有保障, 无产者生活无保障.
This decentralized economic system relied on the legal immobility of the serf.
这种分散的经济制度依赖于农奴在法律上的固定性.
The serf was trod to death.
这个农奴被蹂躏致死.
'sheath thy sword, " the surly sheriff said, " or surely shall a churlish serf soon shatter thee. "
“ 把你的剑装回剑鞘吧, ” 无礼的郡治安官说, “ 否则很快很快就会有一个粗野的农奴将你碎尸万段. ”
The serf owners safeguarded the feudal serfdom with savage punishments.
农奴主以野蛮、残酷的刑罚维护封建农奴制度.