waifs
['weɪfs]
n.
无家可归的人( waif的名词复数 );
流浪儿;
无主的东西或动物;
（海上）漂流物;
例句:
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There are lots of waifs and strays living on the streets here.
这里有很多露宿街头的无家可归者.
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My wife is always inviting various waifs and strays from work to our house. She seems to attract them.
我妻子总是邀请公司里各种各样的单身男女到家中作客, 他们很愿意和她交往.
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She was like a mother to the poor waifs.
她象母亲一样对待那些可怜的流浪儿童.
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All the poor waifs...without even shoes or a penny pie.
来自B. Duffy
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Those waifs and strays of the intelligentsia who had refused to participate in the war.
来自C. E. M. Joad
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"Girl With No Eyes" has the necessary chorus of pathetic waifs chanting a nursery rhyme.
来自BBC