音标:[weif] ;
n. 无家可归者, 无主物, 飘流物, 流浪者, 信号旗
n. a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
词型变化:名词复数形式 : waifs
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名词100%

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
【近义词】

actress,TV,airliner,1. For Taryn Manning it was as she put it the most

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