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waif的英文翻譯是什么意思，詞典釋義與在線(xiàn)翻譯：
英英釋義
Noun:
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a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned;
"street children beg or steal in order to survive"
waif的用法和樣例：
例句
用作名詞 (n.)
- A waif is begging on the street.
街上有一個(gè)流浪兒正在乞討。 - He has been a waif for many years.
他已經(jīng)許多年無(wú)家可歸了。 - She loved cats, and would take any waifs and strays into her home.
她喜歡貓，也經(jīng)常會(huì )帶一些流浪的貓到她的家里。
經(jīng)典引文
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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
waif的相關(guān)資料：
近反義詞
【近義詞】
- stray 走失的家畜
- vagabond 流浪漢
- gamin 流浪兒
- soul 靈魂
- urchin 頑童
- orphan 孤兒
- ragamuffin 衣衫襤褸的人（尤指衣衫襤...
- foundling 棄兒
- street child 街頭流浪兒
