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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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