Word · Frequency #15498
Fully loadedurchins
顽童；淘气鬼
urchins is the plural of urchin.
核心释义
a poor, mischievous child who lives in a city
- 1.
A mischievous child.
- 2.
顽皮的穷苦城市儿童
poor and often mischievous city child
- 3.
A street urchin, a child who lives, or spends most of their time, in the streets.
- 4.
A sea urchin.
- 5.
One of a pair in a series of small card cylinders arranged around a carding drum; so called from its fancied resemblance to the hedgehog.
顽皮的穷苦城市儿童；淘气鬼；顽童
用法In use
The little urchin hid my shoes as a prank.
用法提示：用名词urchin（单数）作主语，表示淘气的孩子。
Two urchins were chasing each other around the market stalls.
用法提示：用名词urchin的复数形式urchins作主语，表示多个淘气孩子。
The old baker scolded the urchin for stealing a bun.
用法提示：用名词urchin（单数）作介词宾语，表示顽皮的孩子。
a/an urchin
urchin 是可数名词，单数前通常加 a 或 an。
An urchin was begging on the street.
一个顽童在街上乞讨。
the urchins + plural verb
复数形式是 urchins，谓语动词用复数形式。
The urchins were playing near the docks.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- street urchin
- 街头流浪儿
- The novel tells the story of a street urchin in Victorian London.这部小说讲述了维多利亚时代伦敦一个街头流浪儿的故事。
- little urchin
- 小淘气
- That little urchin has stolen my apples again!那个小淘气又偷了我的苹果！
- mischievous urchin
- 淘气顽童
- The mischievous urchin hid the teacher's chalk.那个淘气顽童把老师的粉笔藏了起来。
- ragged urchin
- 衣衫褴褛的顽童
- A ragged urchin begged for alms at the church door.一个衣衫褴褛的顽童在教堂门口乞讨。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把urchin想成城市街头的穷顽童，脏兮兮却爱捣蛋。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：literary writing、historical narrative 该词指“顽童”时通常带有旧式/文学色彩，多用于小说、历史叙述或新闻报道中描写街头贫困儿童，日常口语中较少用；更自然的说法是 naughty child 或 street child。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
没有常见完全押韵词。church、lurch、search、perch 都含 /ɝtʃ/ 音，但 urchin 还多一个 /ən/ 音节，故不押韵；其中 church 和 lurch 拼写与 urchin 共有“urch”。kitchen 词尾 /tʃən/ 与 urchin 相同，但重读元音不同（/ɪ/ 对 /ɝ/），也不押韵。
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