be a foundling
foundling 强调‘被遗弃的孩子’,通常指婴儿;作表语时说明身份。
He was a foundling, left at the church door.
他是一名弃婴,被放在教堂门口。
弃婴;弃儿
被遗弃的孩子,常指被父母遗弃后留在修道院等安全处的婴儿;拾来的孩儿
an abandoned child, typically a baby left by its parents, often at a safe place such as a convent
被遗弃的孩子,常指被父母遗弃后留在修道院等安全处的婴儿
An abandoned child, left by its parent(s), often a baby left at a convent or similar safe place.
The orphanage took in the foundling and gave him a home.
孤儿院收留了这个弃儿,给了他一个家。
用法提示:foundling 作名词,指被遗弃且父母不详的孩子。
Detectives are trying to identify the mother of the foundling left at the hospital.
侦探们正试图查明被留在医院的那个弃儿的母亲身份。
用法提示:foundling 作名词,指被遗弃的孩子,用于描述案件中的受害者。
Many foundlings are later adopted by loving families.
许多弃儿后来被有爱的家庭收养。
用法提示:foundlings 是复数形式,泛指所有被遗弃的孩子。
foundling 强调‘被遗弃的孩子’,通常指婴儿;作表语时说明身份。
He was a foundling, left at the church door.
他是一名弃婴,被放在教堂门口。
find a foundling 表示偶然发现被遗弃的婴儿,常见于新闻报道或故事。
The police found a foundling on the station bench.
警察在车站长椅上发现了一个弃婴。
care for 是动词短语,后接人作宾语,表示‘照顾’;比 look after 略正式。
The old woman cared for the foundling until he grew up.
这位老妇人照顾这个弃婴直到他长大。
与 foundling 几乎同义,但 foundling 常特指被留在修道院或孤儿院等处的婴儿,而 abandoned child 泛指任何被遗弃的儿童,范围更广。
与 foundling 含义高度重合,因为 foundling 常指这类婴儿;但 baby 仅指婴幼儿,foundling 也可指年龄稍大的被弃儿童。
waif 强调无人照管、流落街头,并不一定表示被父母有意识地遗弃;foundling 则突出出生后被遗弃在某个地方并被他人收留。
grammar · medium
易错句子She foundling a baby on the church steps.
正确表达She found a baby on the church steps.
foundling 是名词,意为“弃婴”,不能作动词;表达“发现”时应用动词 find,过去式是 found。
grammar · medium
易错句子The foundling of the university was in 1900.
正确表达The founding of the university was in 1900.
foundling 指“弃婴”,而表示“建立”的名词是 founding(由动词 found 派生);二者拼写相似但意义不同。
foundling 是被父母遗弃的婴儿;founding 是建立、创办,词形相近但意义完全不同,注意拼写。
foundling 指被遗弃的孩子(父母可能还在世),orphan 指父母已去世的孩子;前者强调抛弃,后者强调丧亲。
foundling 特指被遗弃后放在安全地点的婴儿,waif 多指流落街头的流浪儿童,不一定是被故意遗弃在安全处。
育婴堂;弃婴医院
The Foundling Hospital in London was established in 1739.
伦敦的育婴堂成立于1739年。
弃婴收容所;育婴院
Many foundlings were cared for in foundling homes during the 19th century.
在19世纪,许多弃婴在弃婴收容所得到照顾。
收养弃婴
They adopted a foundling and gave her a loving home.
他们收养了一个弃婴,给了她一个充满爱的家。
遗弃弃婴
It was common to abandon a foundling at the steps of a church.
当时把弃婴遗弃在教堂台阶上是常见的。
收留弃婴
The farmer and his wife took in a foundling they found in the barn.
农夫和他的妻子收留了他们在谷仓里发现的一个弃婴。
foundling + home
foundling + hospital
foundling + wheel
found(find 的过去分词,意为“发现”)+ -ling(后缀,表示“与……相关的人或物”)。同根词:find, found;同后缀词:darling, duckling, seedling.
指父母遗弃孩子的行为,与foundling的来历直接相关。
收留foundling等无依儿童的社会机构。
foundling可能被他人合法收养,获得新的家庭。
foundling多为刚出生的婴儿。
词典释义中提到,foundling常被留在修道院等安全处。
《弃婴汤姆·琼斯》
Tom Jones is about a foundling raised by the generous squire Allworthy.
《汤姆·琼斯》讲述了一个由慷慨的乡绅奥尔沃西抚养长大的弃儿的故事。
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