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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
foundlings — plural of foundling
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
弃婴；弃儿
an abandoned child, typically a baby left by its parents, often at a safe place such as a convent
He was a foundling, left at the church door.
他是一名弃婴，被放在教堂门口。
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。
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。
Many foundlings are later adopted by loving families.
许多弃儿后来被有爱的家庭收养。
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。
Not this
She foundling a baby on the church steps.
Use this
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。
Not this
The foundling of the university was in 1900.
Use this
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。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
《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。
Use foundlings naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象一个弃婴被放在修道院门口“被发现(found)”，词尾“-ling”常指小东西，合起来就是被发现的弃婴。
语域：formal 常见场景：文学叙述、历史类文本 foundling 多用于正式或文学语境，指被遗弃后由他人照管的婴儿；日常口语中很少用，通常直接说 abandoned child 或 orphan。
与 foundling（/ˈfaʊndlɪŋ/）完全押韵的词极少，常见的有 groundling（/ˈɡraʊndlɪŋ/）。founding /ˈfaʊndɪŋ/、sounding /ˈsaʊndɪŋ/、pounding /ˈpaʊndɪŋ/ 仅少了 /l/ 音，不是完全押韵；handling /ˈhændlɪŋ/、fondling /ˈfɒndlɪŋ/ 拼写相近但元音不同，读音不同。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.