outcast
英['aʊtkɑːst]
美['aʊtkæst]
- n. 流浪的人；被驱逐的人
- adj. 被遗弃的；无家可归的；被逐出的
词态变化
复数: outcasts;
中文词源
outcast 被抛弃者
out-,向外，cast,投掷，扔。引申词义被抛弃的人。
英文词源
- outcast (n.)
- mid-14c., "a person cast out or rejected," originally past participle of Middle English outcasten, from out + casten "to cast" (see cast (v.)). The adjective is attested from late 14c. In an Indian context, outcaste "one who has been expelled from his caste" is from 1876; see caste.
双语例句
- 1. He had always been an outcast, unwanted and alone.
- 他一直都被视为异类，无人理睬，形单影只。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He was treated like an outcast by the other children.
- 他受到其他小朋友的排斥.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. He was treated as a social outcast.
- 他为社会所摈弃.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Pearl was a born outcast of the infantile world.
- 珠儿生来便是那婴孩天地的弃儿.
来自英汉文学 - 红字
- 5. Your love will make him as outcast and a beggar.
- 你的爱情将使他成为一个流浪汉和一个乞丐.
来自辞典例句