waif

noun

1. 瘦小的人；（通常指）面黄肌瘦的小孩
   a small thin person, usually a child, who looks as if they do not have enough to eat
   1. the waifs and strays of our society (= people with no home)
      我们社会的弃儿

1. N-COUNT 极瘦弱的人；无家可归者;流浪儿
   If you refer to a child or young woman as a waif, you mean that they are very thin and look as if they have nowhere to live.
   1. ...a dirty-faced waif of some five or six years...
      五六岁大、脸上脏兮兮的流浪儿
   2. The director wants a waif-like, teenage girl with long, dark hair for the role.
      导演想要一个留着乌黑的长发、面黄肌瘦的十来岁女孩扮演这个角色。

1. The checkers are very busy at the moment. I'm afraid you'll have to waif in line.
   收款员现在很忙，恐怕您得排队等一会儿。
2. It tells a tale of a waif who was educated into being a lady.
   该片讲述一个流浪者被教育成一位淑女的故事。
3. And his waif Emma looks like she's pregnant, again!
   而且他的妻子艾玛好像又怀孕了。
4. He has been a waif for many years.
   他已经许多年无家可归了。
5. There she sat, huddled up, like a waif.
   她像流浪儿似地蜷缩着身子坐在那里。
6. She's like a waif out of a Dickens novel.
   她就像是狄更斯小说里出来的流浪儿。
7. A waif is begging on the street.
   街上有一个流浪儿正在乞讨。
8. Maybe I should play this needy, despondent waif card more often.
   也许我应该用用这个迷惑，多需求的招牌。
9. Assistance and protection system for waif base on community and core with family
   建立以家庭为核心，以社区为基础的流浪儿童救助体系
10. As a waif or a souvenir.
    这是残留物或纪念品。
11. Characteristics of Adsorption and Desorption Isotherm of Cresol Isomers on Activated Carbon THE MAGNET ATTRACTING& A WAIF AMID FORCES
    甲酚异构体在活性炭上的吸附与解吸平衡特性磁性相吸：各种力的摆布
12. You were a charming little waif.
    你是个最迷人的小流浪儿。
13. Study of the change of urban waif help methods in China
    我国城市流浪儿童救助方式转换研究
14. Mr Earnshaw adopts Heathcliff which makes him turn into an adopted son from a waif, which brings about devastating disasters to the two families and two generations.
    老恩萧先生收留希刺克厉夫，这使他从一个流浪儿转变为养子，但这种身份的转变却给两个家庭与两代人带来了毁灭性的灾难。

noun

1. a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
   1. street children beg or steal in order to survive

   Synonym:    street child