英语词汇“waifish”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

waifish

释义

waif¹ /wāf/

noun

A neglected, abandoned or orphaned child
A homeless wanderer
A fashionable young woman, esp a model, of extremely slender build (informal)
A piece of property found ownerless, eg a strayed animal, or goods cast up by the tide (Spenser waift or weft; also figurative)
Stolen goods abandoned by the thief (obsolete)

adjective (Scot)

Wandering, neglected

transitive verb (rare; in pap)

To cast up as a waif

ORIGIN: OFr waif; prob from Scand; cf ON veif any flapping or waving thing

waifˈish adjective

waifˈlike adjective

waif and stray noun

Strayed property (see n above)

waifs and strays plural noun

Homeless, destitute people

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