serfdom
🇬🇧 UK/'sә:fdәm/🇺🇸 US
GREC2
Definitions
n.
The condition of being a serf; the feudal system in which peasants are bound to work for a landowner
农奴制度;农奴身份
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.abolition of serfdom废除农奴制
- 2.under serfdom在农奴制度下
- 3.[system of serfdom]农奴制体系
- 4.bound by serfdom受农奴制束缚
Example Sentences
- 1.
The abolition of serfdom in Russia came in 1861 under Tsar Alexander II.
- 2.
Peasants under serfdom had little freedom and were tied to the land.
- 3.
Historians debate the long-term economic consequences of serfdom in Eastern Europe.