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waif

畅通词汇 1星级词汇
英 [weɪf]播放读音美 [weɪf]播放读音
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    • n. 无家可归者；迷途动物；无主失物；信号旗
    英英释义
    Noun:
    1. a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned;

      "street children beg or steal in order to survive"

  • 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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