waif

英 [weɪf] 美 [weɪf]

• 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

近反义词

【近义词】

• stray 走失的家畜
• vagabond 流浪汉
• gamin 流浪儿
• soul 灵魂
• urchin 顽童
• orphan 孤儿
• ragamuffin 衣衫褴褛的人（尤指衣衫褴...
• foundling 弃儿
• street child 街头流浪儿