waif

畅通词汇  
[weɪf]     [weɪf]    
  • n. 无家可归者;迷途动物;无主失物;信号旗
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waif的英文翻译是什么意思,词典释义与在线翻译:

英英释义

Noun:
  1. a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned;

    "street children beg or steal in order to survive"

waif的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词 (n.)
  1. A waif is begging on the street.
    街上有一个流浪儿正在乞讨。
  2. He has been a waif for many years.
    他已经许多年无家可归了。
  3. She loved cats, and would take any waifs and strays into her home.
    她喜欢猫,也经常会带一些流浪的猫到她的家里。

经典引文

  • Those waifs and strays of the intelligentsia who had refused to participate in the war.

    出自: C. E. M. Joad
  • All the poor waifs..without even shoes or a penny pie.

    出自: B. Duffy
  • A shy bony waif of 17 with the legs of an antelope.

    出自:Sports Illustrated

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