单词	waif
释义	waifwaif /weɪf/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINwaif Origin: 1300-1400 Old North French (adjective), ‘lost, unclaimed’, from a Scandinavian language Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS All her images of a tiny waif locked in the attic seemed suddenly foolish and fantastic. Do I look like a waif? He also made a special study of the outcasts, the waifs and strays of industrial society the vagrants and the idiots. Lavant plays a vagrant waif, Binoche a runaway painter. Louise looks like a waif and has indulged in more booze and cigarettes than she should have. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► waifs and strays He also made a special study of the outcasts, the waifs and strays of industrial society the vagrants and the idiots. 1someone, especially a child, who is pale and thin and looks as if they do not have a home2waifs and strays British English children or animals who do not have a home:  She loved cats, and would take any waifs and strays into her home.
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