waif

noun

/weɪf/

a small, thin person, usually a child, who looks as if they do not have enough to eat瘦小的人；（通常指）面黄肌瘦的小孩
- the waifs and strays of our society (= people with no home)我们社会的弃儿
词源late Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old Northern French gaif, probably of Scandinavian origin. Early use was often in waif and stray, as a legal term denoting a piece of property found and, if unclaimed, falling to the lord of the manor.

词汇	waif
释义	waif noun /weɪf/ /weɪf/ a small, thin person, usually a child, who looks as if they do not have enough to eat瘦小的人；（通常指）面黄肌瘦的小孩 the waifs and strays of our society (= people with no home)我们社会的弃儿词源late Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old Northern French gaif, probably of Scandinavian origin. Early use was often in waif and stray, as a legal term denoting a piece of property found and, if unclaimed, falling to the lord of the manor.
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