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urchin n.顽童；[动]海胆；<古>刺猬 (1) 你应该躲避这顽童。(2) 她那双手很小，有点淡褐色，简直就是一双顽童的手。(3) 一个以前常在那里看见他的顽童，停下来观望着。(4) 图为海胆收获的场景。 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.

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英 ['ɜːtʃɪn] 美 ['ɜːrtʃɪn] (1) You should sheer off the urchin.(2) Her hands were small and brown, an urchin's hands.(3) An urchin who had frequently seen him before, stopped to gaze.(4) The photo shows the scene of harvesting sea urchin. 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. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:sea urchin；肮脏而衣着破烂的儿童；小乞丐 An urchin is a young child who is dirty and poorly dressed.   [OLD-FASHIONED 过时]We were in the bazaar with all the little urchins watching us.我们在集市里，周围一大帮衣衫褴褛的小孩盯着我们看。

英语单词	urchin
英美音标	英 ['ɜːtʃɪn] 美 ['ɜːrtʃɪn]
中文释义	n.顽童；[动]海胆；<古>刺猬
英语例句	(1) You should sheer off the urchin. (2) Her hands were small and brown, an urchin's hands. (3) An urchin who had frequently seen him before, stopped to gaze. (4) The photo shows the scene of harvesting sea urchin.
中文例句	(1) 你应该躲避这顽童。 (2) 她那双手很小，有点淡褐色，简直就是一双顽童的手。 (3) 一个以前常在那里看见他的顽童，停下来观望着。 (4) 图为海胆收获的场景。
vocabulary简明	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.
vocabulary扩展	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.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:sea urchin ；肮脏而衣着破烂的儿童；小乞丐 An urchin is a young child who is dirty and poorly dressed. [OLD-FASHIONED 过时] We were in the bazaar with all the little urchins watching us. 我们在集市里，周围一大帮衣衫褴褛的小孩盯着我们看。

Urchin Young Dirty Century Dickens 英 ɜːtʃɪn] 美 ɜːrtʃɪn