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urchin 音標拼音: ['ɚtʃən] n. 淘氣鬼,頑童,小孩 淘氣鬼,頑童,小孩 urchin n 1: poor and often mischievous city childUrchin \ Ur" chin\ ([^ u]" ch[ i^] n), n. [ OE. urchon, irchon, a hedgehog, OF. ire[, c] on, eri[, c] on, heri[, c] on, herichon, F. h[' e] risson, a derivative fr. L. ericius, from er a hedgehog, for her; akin to Gr. chh` r. Cf. { Herisson}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. ( Zool.) A hedgehog. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Zool.) A sea urchin. See { Sea urchin}. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a hedgehog. " We ' ll dress [ them] like urchins, ouphes, and fairies." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 4. A pert or roguish child; -- now commonly used only of a boy. [ 1913 Webster] And the urchins that stand with their thievish eyes Forever on watch ran off each with a prize. -- W. Howitt. [ 1913 Webster] You did indeed dissemble, you urchin you; but where' s the girl that won' t dissemble for an husband? -- Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster] 5. One of a pair in a series of small card cylinders, arranged around a carding drum; -- so called from its fancied resemblance to the hedgehog. -- Knight. [ 1913 Webster] { Urchin fish} ( Zool.), a diodon. [ 1913 Webster]
Urchin \ Ur" chin\, a. Rough; pricking; piercing. [ R.] " Helping all urchin blasts." -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 64 Moby Thesaurus words for " urchin": Arab, JD, beach bum, beachcomber, beggar, bo, brat, bum, bummer, cub, dickens, dogie, elf, enfant terrible, gamin, gamine, guttersnipe, hobbledehoy, hobo, holy terror, homeless waif, idler, imp, juvenile delinquent, landloper, lazzarone, little monkey, loafer, losel, minx, monkey, mudlark, piker, puck, punk, punk kid, pup, ragamuffin, ragman, ragpicker, rounder, ski bum, spoiled brat, stiff, stray, street Arab, street arab, street urchin, sundowner, surf bum, swagman, swagsman, tatterdemalion, tennis bum, tramp, turnpiker, vag, vagabond, vagrant, waif, waifs and strays, wastrel, whelp, whippersnapper |
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