waif

英[weɪf] 美[weɪf]
  • n. 无家可归者;迷途动物;无主失物;信号旗
  • waif n.无家可归者;迷途动物;无主失物;信号旗
  • waikiki n.怀基基海滩(位于美国夏威夷州)
  • wail v.痛哭;发出似哭的尖声;悲叹n.痛哭;尖叫声
  • wailful adj.悲叹的;哀悼的
  • wailing wall n.(犹太人的)哭墙;安慰物
Noun:
  1. a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned;

    "street children beg or steal in order to survive"

1. The director wants a waif-like, teenage girl with long, dark hair for the role.
导演想要一个留着乌黑的长发、面黄肌瘦的十来岁女孩扮演这个角色。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Maybe I should play this needy, despondent waif card more often.
也许我应该用用这个迷惑, 多需求的招牌.

来自电影对白

3. Found a helpless waif.
他还是无助的婴孩.

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4. A waif is begging on the street.
街上有一个流浪儿正在乞讨.

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5. They looked thin, waif - like and starved.
他们瘦骨伶仃,像流浪儿似的饿得半死.

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    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。