outcast
英 ['a?tkɑ?st]
美['a?tk?st]
- n. 流浪的人；被驅逐的人
- adj. 被遺棄的；無家可歸的；被逐出的
TEM8IELTS低頻詞暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?outcasts;
中文詞源
outcast 被拋棄者
out-,向外，cast,投擲，扔。引申詞義被拋棄的人。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. He had always been an outcast, unwanted and alone.
- 他一直都被視為異類，無人理睬，形單影只。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He was treated like an outcast by the other children.
- 他受到其他小朋友的排斥.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. He was treated as a social outcast.
- 他為社會所擯棄.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Pearl was a born outcast of the infantile world.
- 珠兒生來便是那嬰孩天地的棄兒.
來自英漢文學 - 紅字
- 5. Your love will make him as outcast and a beggar.
- 你的愛情將使他成為一個流浪漢和一個乞丐.
來自辭典例句