waif
waif 英 [weɪf] 美 [wef]
n. 流浪者；流浪儿；飘流物；无主物；信号旗
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- n. 流浪者；流浪儿；飘流物；无主物；信号旗
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1. She is both waif and woman of the world.
她是世界的公主，人间的精灵。
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2. But the image persists of a pathetic waif, too frail for this world.
但是光影和胶片塑造的只是一个可怜、脆弱的弃儿形象。
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3. I’ve been a waif for twenty years!
我已经流浪了二十年啦。
- waif (n.) late 14c., "unclaimed property, flotsam, stray animal," from Anglo-French waif (13c., Old French guaif) "ownerless property, something lost;" as an adjective, "not claimed, outcast, abandoned," probably from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse veif "waving thing, flag," from Proto-Germanic *waif-, from PIE root *weip- "to turn, vacillate, tremble ecstatically." Compare Medieval Latin waivium "thing thrown away by a thief in flight." A Scottish/northern English parallel form was wavenger (late 15c.).
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