单词 | orphan |
释义 | orphan (ɔːʳfən ) Word forms: orphans , orphaned 1. countable noun An orphan is a child whose parents are dead. I'm an orphan and pretty much grew up on my own. ...a young orphan girl brought up by peasants. 2. passive verb [no cont] If a child is orphaned, their parents die, or their remaining parent dies. Jones was orphaned at the age of ten, and taken in by next-door neighbours. [be VERB-ed] Some ten million children have been orphaned by the disease. [be VERB-ed] ...a fifteen-year-old boy left orphaned by the recent disaster. [VERB-ed] Translations: Chinese: 孤儿 Japanese: 孤児 |
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