• n. 农夫，农民
• n. (Farmer)人名；(英)法默；(法)法尔梅；(西)法梅尔

其本义为收租者，收税者。其本身没有土地所有权，只拥有土地耕作权或再租给下一级耕作者的权利，并向下一级耕作者收取土地的地租，上交给土地所有者，即封建领主或地主。后该词受farm影响用来指农场主。

farmer (n.)

late 14c., "one who collects taxes, etc.," from Anglo-French fermer, Old French fermier "lease-holder," from Medieval Latin firmarius, from firma "fixed payment" (see farm (n.)). In the agricultural sense, 1590s, replacing native churl and husbandman.

1. Mr Farmer and Mrs Jones both admitted conspiring to murder her husband.

法默先生和琼斯太太都承认密谋杀死了琼斯先生。

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2. A farmer is entitled to a certain particularized tax treatment.

农民能够得到某种具体的税收待遇。

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3. Lambing is the climax of the sheep farmer's year.

一年之中，产羔期最令羊农高兴。

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4. This recipe was given to me years ago by a farmer's wife.

这份食谱是一位农民的妻子几年前给我的。

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5. At first glance, organic farming looks much more expensive for the farmer.

乍一看，有机耕作对农民而言似乎花费大多了。

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