peasantry

1. N-SING-COLL You can refer to all the peasants in a particular country as the peasantry. (泛指一國的)農(nóng)民[also no det, usu 'the' N]

The Russian peasantry stood on the brink of disappearance. 俄羅斯農(nóng)民瀕臨消亡。