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

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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