n.,adj. 孤儿(的)，没有父母(或其中之一)的(孩子)。 vt. 〔常用被动语态〕使成孤儿。 an orphan asylum 孤儿院。 an orphan child 孤儿。 children orphaned by the war 战争造成的孤儿。 n. -age 孤儿院；孤儿身份[状态]；〔集合词〕孤儿。 n. -hood 孤儿的身份[状态]；(集体的)孤儿。
a young animal without a mother
the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column
a child who has lost both parents
someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision
deprive of parents
An orphan (from the Greek ?ρφαν???ρφαν??, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus) is a child permanently bereaved of or abandoned by his or her parents.Merriam-Webster online dictionaryConcise Oxford Dictionary, 6th edition "a child bereaved of parents" with bereaved meaning (of death etc) deprived of a relation In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents is called an orphan.
例句与用法
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The war orphaned him at an early age . 战争使他从小就成了孤儿。
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The war orphaned him at an early age . 战争使他早年成为孤儿。
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They placed the orphans with foster-parents . 他们为这些孤儿找到了养父养母。
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She has an open heart for the orphans . 她对孤儿十分仁慈。
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Herself an orphan , she understood the situation ... 她本身是个孤儿，理解这情况。
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Their uncle was declared guardian to the orphans . 这些孤儿的叔父成为他们的监护人。
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I am an orphan . i used to work for the family that lived here . 我是个孤儿，过去我给住在这儿的这家人干活。
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The orphan had been reared in a convent by some good sisters . 这个孤儿在一所修道院里被几个好心的修女带大。
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He brought up the orphan and passed onto him his knowledge of medicine . 他把一个孤儿养大，并且把自己的医术传给了他。
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It evidently pained his vanity to be beholden to the orphan for succor . 显然，向一个孤儿的救济表示感谢，伤到了他的虚荣心。
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