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.
双语例句
1. For most of his life my father has been a sharecropper.
我父亲大半生当佃农.
来自名作英译部分
2. The tenants , or sharecropper, worked the land and shared the crop with the landlord.
这种佃农耕作土地,并与地主对作物收获分成.
来自辞典例句
3. Muley was the only sharecropper to stay behind.
