barefoot doctor

Английский Язык - Английский Язык

Определение barefoot doctor в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

A farmer or rural resident with basic medical training who worked as a doctor in rural areas of the People's Republic of China from the mid-1960s until the 1980s, generally under a government-sponsored program

A lay health care worker, especially in rural China, trained in such activities as first aid, childbirth assistance, the dispensing of drugs, and preventive medicine

Расстановка переносов

bare·foot doc·tor

Турецкое произношение

berfût dôktır

Произношение

/ˈberˌfo͝ot ˈdôktər/ /ˈbɛrˌfʊt ˈdɔːktɜr/

Этимология

() Derived from the practice of farmers in southern China who would often work barefoot in the rice paddies.