waiflike

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Resembling a waif; apparently homeless, starving, etc.
    — Translations, Act I - Brian Friel "She has a waiflike appearance and could be any age from seventeen to thirty-five."

词形变化

more waiflike comparative most waiflike superlative

词源

Etymology tree
English waif
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-West Germanic *-līk
Old English -līċ
Middle English -like
English -like
English waiflike
From waif + -like.
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