Landless means owning no land. It is not a joke about someone who lives in a flat; it is a serious word for people — often farmers, labourers, or families pushed off the soil — who work the earth but do not own a piece of it.

Landlesslandless這個字 means owning no land意思是沒有自己的土地 It is not a joke about someone who lives in a flat它不是在開玩笑說某人住公寓 it is a serious word for people而是一個嚴肅的字，指的是這樣的人 often farmers, labourers, or families pushed off the soil常常是農民、勞工，或被趕離土地的家庭 who work the earth but do not own a piece of it他們耕種土地卻不擁有一寸

You meet it in history, news, and talk about poverty or reform: landless peasants, the landless poor. It does not mean ‘without a country’ (that is stateless) and it does not mean ‘not on land’ (that would be at sea).

in history, news, and talk about poverty or reform在歷史、新聞，以及談論貧窮或改革的場合裡 You meet it你會看到這個字 landless peasants, the landless poor像landless peasants（無地農民）、the landless poor（無地窮人） It does not mean 'without a country'它不是指「沒有國家」 (that is stateless)（那是stateless，無國籍） and it does not mean 'not on land'也不是指「不在陸地上」 (that would be at sea)（那應該用at sea，在海上）

The tone is plain and a little political; you would not call a city student landless just because they rent a room. English has had this pairing for a very long time.

The tone is plain and a little political語氣平實，又帶點政治意味 you would not call a city student landless你不會把一個城市裡的學生叫做landless just because they rent a room只因為他租房子住 English has had this pairing英文有這樣的字尾組合(-less) for a very long time已經很久了