英语词汇“urchin”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

That young child dressed in dirty hand-me-downs and running rampant through city streets is an urchin. Street urchins, as they are commonly called, have a reputation for getting into trouble.

Strangely enough, urchin, pronounced "UR-chin," comes from the 13th century French word yrichon, which means “hedgehog,” and is still used as such in parts of England today. As for people who are urchins, perhaps they got the name because at the time, they were so small, wild and many in number — like hedgehogs. The 19th century novelist Charles Dickens wrote about so many fictional urchins, most famously Oliver Twist, that dickens has become a synonym for urchin.

WORD FAMILY

urchin: urchins

USAGE EXAMPLES

He said the urchin was a delicacy, like caviar, much relished by sea otters and starfish.

New York Times(Aug 30, 2016)

In addition, he said he found strong evidence for major, sustained population collapses of two urchins, one large predatory gastropod and a reef-building gastropod.

The Guardian(Dec 05, 2016)

The fire urchin has quills that are very toxic to humans - the shrimps avoid this danger by seeking out safe areas between the quills.

BBC(Nov 28, 2016)

n a poor and often mischievous city child

Hypo|Hyper

ragamuffin, tatterdemalion

a dirty shabbily clothed urchin

guttersnipe, street urchin

a child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas

gamine

a homeless girl who roams the streets

gamin, street arab, throwaway

(sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets

child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster

a young person of either sex

单词	urchin
释义	urchin (once / 2264 pages) n That young child dressed in dirty hand-me-downs and running rampant through city streets is an urchin. Street urchins, as they are commonly called, have a reputation for getting into trouble. Strangely enough, urchin, pronounced "UR-chin," comes from the 13th century French word yrichon, which means “hedgehog,” and is still used as such in parts of England today. As for people who are urchins, perhaps they got the name because at the time, they were so small, wild and many in number — like hedgehogs. The 19th century novelist Charles Dickens wrote about so many fictional urchins, most famously Oliver Twist, that dickens has become a synonym for urchin. WORD FAMILY urchin: urchins USAGE EXAMPLES He said the urchin was a delicacy, like caviar, much relished by sea otters and starfish. New York Times(Aug 30, 2016) In addition, he said he found strong evidence for major, sustained population collapses of two urchins, one large predatory gastropod and a reef-building gastropod. The Guardian(Dec 05, 2016) The fire urchin has quills that are very toxic to humans - the shrimps avoid this danger by seeking out safe areas between the quills. BBC(Nov 28, 2016) n a poor and often mischievous city child Hypo\|Hyper ragamuffin, tatterdemalion a dirty shabbily clothed urchin guttersnipe, street urchin a child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas gamine a homeless girl who roams the streets gamin, street arab, throwaway (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster a young person of either sex
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