castaway是什么意思？

castaway

英[ˈkɑ:stəweɪ] 美[ˈkæstəweɪ]

• n. 被抛弃的人，坐船遇难者，漂流者；
• adj. 被抛弃的，无价值的，遭难的；

复数：castaways;

例句

• Lily had the doomed sense of the castaway who has signalled in vain to fleeing sails. 丽莉完全明白自己现在已变成一名被丢在荒岛上徒然向驶去的帆船呼救的遗弃者了.
• This old man was a castaway Englishman, Henry Atkins by name. 这个老头儿是个落魄的英国人, 名叫亨利?阿特金斯.
• Crusoe spent his time as a castaway building and inventing. 克鲁索过着不断建造和发明的漂流者的生活.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  船沉后漂流至孤岛(或岸边)的人
  A castaway is a person who has managed to swim or float to a lonely island or shore after their boat has sunk.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a person who is rejected (from society or home)
  2. a shipwrecked person
• Adjective
  1. suffering the misfortune of shipwreck;
  "shipwrecked sailors""castaways marooned on a desert island"
  2. cast off as valueless