Word · Frequency #22697
waif
抛弃，遗弃
To cast aside or reject someone, making that person a waif.
- 1.
To cast aside or reject, and thus make a waif.
抛弃或排斥,从而使成为流浪者。
抛弃或排斥,从而使成为流浪者。
In use
The heartless owner waifed the puppy near the railway station.
How could anyone waif a child who needs care?
Rescuers found the animals that had been waifed during the flood.
waif somebody
The villagers waifed the orphan after the flood.
洪水过后，村民抛弃了那个孤儿。
be waifed (by somebody/something)
被动语态强调被抛弃者，施动者可用 by 引出。
She was waifed by her family at a young age.
她年幼时被家人遗弃。
Verb forms
base waif · third person waifs · -ing waifing · past waifed · past participle waifed
waif 作动词表示“遗弃；抛弃”，为规则动词，过去式和过去分词均为 waifed。
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Learner notes
Memory Tip
waif 与 wave 发音相近，想象浪花冲走孩子，使之成为流浪儿——动词 waif 即抛弃。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：literary writing、formal prose 该词作动词时多用于文学或正式书面语，日常口语中比较少见。学习者可在阅读中理解其含义，日常表达时不必刻意使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正押韵的词是 safe /seɪf/ 和 chafe /tʃeɪf/（都读 /eɪf/）。拼写相似的 wait /weɪt/、wail /weɪl/、waive /weɪv/ 虽然以 wai 开头，但结尾辅音不同，不押韵；wife /waɪf/ 拼写很像 waif，但元音是 /aɪ/，发音不同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.