英语词汇“grass orphan”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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grass orphan

grass orphan n. [after grass widow n.] a child living apart from its parents, either temporarily or permanently; cf. grass widow n. 2.

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1875 Inter Ocean (Chicago) 9 July 5/1 It would not be proper to call a young person, lady or gentleman, while away from his or her parents, a ‘grass orphan’.

1960 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Nov. p. xxvi/5 Mercy and Beulah, grass-orphans perpetually at school because their respective parents are working abroad.

2013 H. Ferguson in J. Borwein et al. Lattice Sums Then & Now p. xii I was a strange little grass orphan.

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单词	grass orphan
释义	> as lemmas grass orphan grass orphan n. [after grass widow n.] a child living apart from its parents, either temporarily or permanently; cf. grass widow n. 2. ΚΠ 1875 Inter Ocean (Chicago) 9 July 5/1 It would not be proper to call a young person, lady or gentleman, while away from his or her parents, a ‘grass orphan’. 1960 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Nov. p. xxvi/5 Mercy and Beulah, grass-orphans perpetually at school because their respective parents are working abroad. 2013 H. Ferguson in J. Borwein et al. Lattice Sums Then & Now p. xii I was a strange little grass orphan. extracted from grassn.¹ < as lemmas
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