mid-14c., "a person cast out or rejected," originally past participle of Middle English outcasten, from out + casten "to cast" (see cast (v.)). The adjective is attested from late 14c. In an Indian context, outcaste "one who has been expelled from his caste" is from 1876; see caste.
雙語例句
1. He had always been an outcast, unwanted and alone.
他一直都被視為異類,無人理睬,形單影隻。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He was treated like an outcast by the other children.
他受到其他小朋友的排斥.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. He was treated as a social outcast.
他為社會所擯棄.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. Pearl was a born outcast of the infantile world.
珠兒生來便是那嬰孩天地的棄兒.
來自英漢文學 - 紅字
5. Your love will make him as outcast and a beggar.