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castaway

/kast-uh-wey, kahst-/US // ˈkæst əˌweɪ, ˈkɑst- //UK // (ˈkɑːstəˌweɪ) //

逃亡者,逃亡的人,遗弃者,冒险者

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a shipwrecked person.
    • : anything cast adrift or thrown away.
    • : an outcast.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : cast adrift.
    • : thrown away.

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Examples

  • Mary, Rorie, and the black castaway were seated about the fire in silence; and I could see that Mary had been weeping.

  • Think of it, ye who have envied the fate of the castaway on a gorgeous and fertile tropical island perhaps miles in extent!

  • Away out at sea, terribly near the coast of Death she saw him, a living being, as the castaway sees a ship on the far horizon.

  • I 'm sure mother does n't; and it 's only yourself, Polly, will ever feel a heavy heart for the poor castaway!

  • But doubtless these lovely miles and miles of crystalline oceans had been but a desert to the castaway.