smallholder

/ˈsmɔːlhəʊldə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈsmɔːlhəʊldər/ (ame, ipa)

smallholder — noun

  • smallholdersingular
  • smallholdersplural

1. a farmer who works on a small area of land, usually land that the person owns or

1.名詞C1
釋義

a farmer who works on a small area of land, usually land that the person owns or rents.

例句

Sahil grows beans and maize on the five acres his family rents.

family-run farm on a small rented plot

After the flood, Eri asked the bank for a loan to save her smallholder farm.

collocation: smallholder farm

同義詞
  • farmer

    broader word; a farmer may run a large business, while a smallholder works on a much smaller holding

  • grower

    focuses on producing crops and is less specific about land ownership or scale

  • tenant farmer

    specifically rents farmland; a smallholder may own the land instead

用法筆記

Often used in discussions of rural policy, fair-trade supply chains, and family-run farming, especially when the farm is much smaller than a large commercial operation.

常見錯誤

❌The wheat company employs three hundred smallholders on its industrial farm.
✅The wheat company employs three hundred farm workers on its industrial farm.
💡a smallholder normally runs or rents a small farm personally or with family, rather than working as a hired laborer on a large estate.