And they had fed and clothed any number of waifs who slept in their cellar.

此处，还要给那些住宿在他家地下室里的流浪儿提供吃的穿的。

It was kind of the epitome of the waif.

这是流浪儿的缩影。

" And really you didn't marry an Arab waif after all, " said Meriem.

“事实上，你终究没有嫁给阿拉伯流浪儿， ” 梅瑞姆说。

" You lie, " said the waif. " You must lie gooder" .

" 你撒谎，" 流浪儿道，" 你必须撒得更好。"

" Waif" ? What does that even mean?

流浪汉 这能是什么意思？

The Elder to whose care the two waifs had been committed led them to his wagon, where a meal was already awaiting them.

斯坦节逊长老把两个落难人带到他的车里，那里早已给他们预备好了吃食。

The waif nodded. Arya nodded back, and in her best Braavosi said, " How many years have you" ?

流浪儿点点头。点头回应，并用自己最流利的布拉佛斯语问，" 你几岁了？"

" On any animal with warm blood" . The waif slapped her.

" 对暖血动物都有效。" 流浪儿扇了她一巴掌。

Poisons. She understood then. Every evening after prayer the waif emptied a stone flagon into the waters of the black pool.

毒药。她明白了。每晚祈祷后，流浪儿都要将一个石壶倒空至黑水池中。

The Common Tongue came to the waif more quickly. One day at supper she turned to Arya, and asked, " Who are you" ?

流浪儿学通用语却比较快。某天晚餐时，她忽然扭头问，" 你是谁？"

But before the waif could answer, the kindly man stepped into the chamber, smiling. " You have returned to us" .

流浪儿不及回答，慈祥的人微笑着走进屋子：" 你回到我们这儿来了。"

" This is Meriem, my dear, " he said, and he told the story of the jungle waif in so far as he knew it.

“我是梅瑞姆，亲爱的，”他说，并就他所知讲述了丛林流浪儿的故事。

Household 14 When the bell has finished I descend the stairs, a brief waif in the eye of glass that hangs on the downstairs wall.

家庭 14 钟声响起后，我走下楼梯，楼下的墙上挂着玻璃眼发出短暂的嘶吼声。

Anthony thought how moral was this little waif at heart—how completely moral she would still be after the inevitable wave came that would wash her off the sands of respectability.

安东尼心想， 这个小流浪儿的内心是多么道德——在不可避免的浪潮到来后， 她仍然是多么道德， 这将把她从体面的沙子上冲走。

" Until darkness is as sweet to you as light, " the waif would say, " or until you ask us for your eyes. Ask and you shall see" .

" 直到你觉得黑暗和光明一样甜美。" 流浪儿总是回答，" 或者请求我们，要回你的双眼。只需请求，你就能重见光明。"

So, very much like the figure of the waif, which is homeless and without parentage, are the connotations of that word, it separates them and loosens them from those social binds.

因此， 非常类似于流浪儿童的形象，他们无家可归且没有父母，这个词的含义将他们与那些社会束缚分离并松绑。

The allusion to the waifs and waif-poles in the last chapter but one, necessitates some account of the laws and regulations of the whale fishery, of which the waif may be deemed the grand symbol and badge.

上上章曾经提到过旗标和标杆，有必要就捕鲸业中的规则和惯例做一番说明，其中旗标可以视为一种重要的象征和标记。

He felt glad that it would be Marilla and not he who would have to tell this waif of the world that the home she longed for was not to be hers after all.

他很高兴是玛丽拉而不是他必须告诉这个世界上的流浪者，她渴望的家终究不是她的。

" To other eyes, your nose and jaw are broken, " said the waif. " One side of your face is caved in where your cheekbone shattered, and half your teeth are missing" .

" 在旁人眼中，你的鼻子和下巴都破了，" 流浪儿说，" 一边脸因颧骨粉碎而凹陷下去，你还少了一半牙齿。"

The priest studied the coin, though he made no move to touch it. The waif with the big eyes was looking at it too. Finally, the cowled man said, " Tell me your name, child" .

牧师仔细看了看，但没去摸。那大眼睛流浪儿看着它。最后，戴兜帽的牧师说：" 你叫什么，孩子？"