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                 waif n. 流浪者, 流浪儿童; 无主物, 飘流物; 信号旗
 
 【简介】A homeless person, especially a forsaken or orphaned child.
 无家可归者:一个无家可归的人,尤指一个被遗弃或无父母的孤儿
 Waif 流浪儿童
 
 Two young waifs steals a pair of boots.
 两个年轻的流浪者偷一双长筒靴。
 【词形变化】
 复数:waifs
 同义词:
 foundling  n. 弃婴,弃儿
 gamin   n.[法]流浪儿, 顽童
 stray  n. 迷路者[家畜], 无家可归的人
 vagabond   n.流浪者, 游民, 浪子, 流氓, 懒汉 adj.流浪的, 漂泊的, 浪荡的, 流浪者的
 ragamuffin  n.衣服褴褛的人, 流浪儿童
 【短语】
 a poor little waif  贫穷的小流浪儿
 waifs and strays  1.British English children or animals who do not have a home  2.零碎东西  3.出处不明的引语, 无从考查的谚语
 waif look  细挑个儿 In recent popular culture, the term has been used to described an almost unhealthily thin person, usually a woman. The ’waif look’ was first used to describe the 1960s model Twiggy, who had large round eyes and a very thin body.
 【例句与详解:】
 A waif is begging on the street.
 街上有一个流浪儿正在乞讨。
 
 Believe it not, the waif look was the hottest look of the 1990’s.
 不管你信不信,细挑个儿可是20世纪90年代最酷的。
 They looked thin, waif-like and half starved.
 他们瘦骨伶仃,像流浪儿似的饿得半死。
 A woman who sports this emaciated,skeletal physique is called a waif, which is a thin person who appears fragile and needy.
 瘦骨嶙峋的女人被称为细挑个儿,看上去弱不禁风。
 
 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。
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