waif 音标拼音: [w'ef]
n . 无主物,飘流物,流浪者,信号旗
无主物,飘流物,流浪者,信号旗
waif n 1 :
a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned ;
"
street children beg or steal in order to survive " [
synonym :
{
waif }, {
street child }]
Waif \
Waif \,
n . [
OF .
waif ,
gaif ,
as adj .,
lost ,
unclaimed ,
chose gaive a waif ,
LL .
wayfium ,
res vaivae ;
of Scand .
origin .
See {
Waive }.]
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1913 Webster ]
1 . (
Eng .
Law .)
Goods found of which the owner is not known ;
originally ,
such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended ,
which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon ,
took him ,
and brought him to justice . --
Blackstone .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Hence ,
anything found ,
or without an owner ;
that which comes along ,
as it were ,
by chance . "
Rolling in his mind old waifs of rhyme ." --
Tennyson .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
A wanderer ;
a castaway ;
a stray ;
a homeless child .
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1913 Webster ]
A waif Desirous to return ,
and not received . --
Cowper .
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58 Moby Thesaurus words for "
waif ":
Arab ,
beach bum ,
beachcomber ,
beggar ,
bo ,
bum ,
bummer ,
castaway ,
castoff ,
derelict ,
discard ,
dogie ,
flotsam ,
flotsam and jetsam ,
foundling ,
gamin ,
gamine ,
guttersnipe ,
hobo ,
homeless waif ,
idler ,
jetsam ,
junk ,
lagan ,
landloper ,
lazzarone ,
loafer ,
losel ,
mudlark ,
orphan ,
piker ,
ragamuffin ,
ragman ,
ragpicker ,
refuse ,
reject ,
rounder ,
rubbish ,
ski bum ,
stiff ,
stray ,
street Arab ,
street urchin ,
sundowner ,
surf bum ,
swagman ,
swagsman ,
tatterdemalion ,
tennis bum ,
tramp ,
trash ,
turnpiker ,
urchin ,
vag ,
vagabond ,
vagrant ,
waifs and strays ,
wastrel
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