| 单词 | foundling |
| 释义 | foundling noun[C] old-fashioneduk/ˈfaʊnd.lɪŋ/us/ˈfaʊnd.lɪŋ/ayoungchildwho isleftbyitsparentsand thenfoundandcaredfor by someoneelse 弃婴，弃儿Parents & children
Examplesoffoundlingfoundling The foundlings may therefore have come from parishes containing wealthy individuals, but also a large degree of poverty and indigence. From theCambridge English Corpus Given this problem, we do not feel confident making any claims about the historical trends in proportions of foundlings marrying. From theCambridge English Corpus This sample is used to establish the backgrounds of foundlings, their geographic origins and their legitimacy status between 1741 and 1760. From theCambridge English Corpus At that time, 152 girls and women - including 21 over age 60 - lived in thefoundlinghome. From theCambridge English Corpus What is challenged is the assertion that the foundlings were almost all the products of this new mode of behaviour. From theCambridge English Corpus Initial investigations do not refute the possibility that the foundlings were predominately illegitimate. From theCambridge English Corpus The secondary sample, introduced on page 13 and in note 34, consists of the 1,056 foundlings whose age information came from billets and notes (above). From theCambridge English Corpus The female foundlings did not, however, all follow the same path in their transition to adulthood. From theCambridge English Corpus The dowry played a crucial role in facilitating the marriage of female foundlings. From theCambridge English Corpus In the 1820s, thefoundlinghome recorded 121 marriages of its female foundlings (for whom a dowry was paid) and, in the 1830s, 244. From theCambridge English Corpus Thefoundlinghomes saw themselves as the guardians of the female foundlings' honour. From theCambridge English Corpus In the case of afoundlingwoman, however, no such restraint was to be found.$! From theCambridge English Corpus Secondly, there was no family force to serve as a brake on the foundling's marriage. From theCambridge English Corpus By contrast, the male foundlings were in a much less favourable position. From theCambridge English Corpus This was the privileged path for those few foundlings who entered a religious order and lived the rest of their lives in convents. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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