关于西藏农奴的英文说法 - 未名空间(mitbbs.com)

关于西藏农奴的英文说法 - 未名空间(mitbbs.com)

去年讨论的时候，感觉很多人觉得应该用serf而不是slave。今天看书碰巧看到古罗马
时候serf的出现，提到serf是'between slave and freeman'，个人觉得serf应该是佃
农，因为虽然被迫在田地里面为雇主工作，serf还是自由身，而西藏的农奴不是自由身
，应该叫做slave

Main Entry:
serf Listen to the pronunciation of serf
Pronunciation:
\ˈsərf\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
French, from Old French, from Latin servus slave
Date:
1611

: a member of a servile feudal class bound to the land and subject to the
will of its owner


Main Entry:
1slave Listen to the pronunciation of 1slave
Pronunciation:
\ˈslāv\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Middle English sclave, from Anglo-French or Medieval Latin; Anglo-French
esclave, from Medieval Latin sclavus, from Sclavus Slavic; from the
frequent enslavement of Slavs in central Europe during the early Middle Ages
Date:
14th century

1 : a person held in servitude as the chattel of another 2 : one that is
completely subservient to a dominating influence 3 : a device (as the
printer of a computer) that is directly responsive to another