/ˈpeznt ||; ˈpɛzṇt/noun [C] (used especially in past times) a person who owns or rents a small piece of land on which he/she grows food and keeps animals in order to feed his/her family （尤指过去）农民，农夫，雇农 Peasant is considered offensive nowadays. 现今认为peasant一词意带冒犯。