| 单词 | waif |
| 释义 | waifWord family adjectivewaifishwaiflikenounwaif waif /weɪf/ noun [countableC] 1. THIN PERSONsomeone, especially a child, who is pale and thin and looks as if they do not have a home 苍白瘦弱的人〔似为无家可归者，尤指小孩〕 2 waifs and strays British EnglishBrESSCDHP children or animals who do not have a home 无家可归的小孩[动物] She loved cats, and would take any waifs and strays into her home. 她喜欢猫，什么流浪猫都会带回家去养。 Examples from the Corpus waifs and strays• He also made a special study of the outcasts, the waifs and strays of industrial society the vagrants and the idiots. Examples from the Corpus waif• Do I look like a waif?• Louise looks like a waif and has indulged in more booze and cigarettes than she should have.• He also made a special study of the outcasts, the waifs and strays of industrial society the vagrants and the idiots.• All her images of a tiny waif locked in the attic seemed suddenly foolish and fantastic.• Lavant plays a vagrant waif, Binoche a runaway painter. (1300-1400) Old North French (adjective), “lost, unclaimed”, from a Scandinavian language |
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