Word · Frequency #29058
foundlings
弃婴；弃儿
foundlings is the plural of foundling.
an abandoned child, typically a baby left by its parents, often at a safe place such as a convent
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An abandoned child, left by its parent(s), often a baby left at a convent or similar safe place.
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
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；弃儿；拾来的孩儿
In use
The orphanage took in the foundling and gave him a home.
Detectives are trying to identify the mother of the foundling left at the hospital.
Many foundlings are later adopted by loving families.
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。
find a foundling
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 a foundling
care for 是动词短语，后接人作宾语，表示‘照顾’；比 look after 略正式。
Connections
Collocations
- foundling hospital
- 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。
- foundling home
- 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。
- adopt a foundling
- 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。
- abandon a foundling
- 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。
- take in a foundling
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
Learn the forms together
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.