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单词 orphan
释义 or·phan
I. \ˈȯrfən, ˈȯ(ə)f-, dial -nt\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Late Latin orphanus, from Greek orphanos; akin to Old English ierfe inheritance, Old High German erbi, Old Norse arfi, Gothic arbi, Old Irish orbe inheritance, Latin orbus orphaned, bereft, Sanskrit arbha small, weak
1.
 a. : a child deprived by death of both father and mother : parentless child
 b. : half-orphan
 c. : a young animal that has lost its mother by death or desertion
  < pails for feeding calves, bottles and rubber nipples for feeding orphansBetter Feeding of Livestock >
2. : one deprived of some protection or advantage
 < orphans of the storm >
 < internationalists who are orphans of the … national organization — New Republic >
II. adjective
Etymology: Late Latin orphanus orphan, noun
: that is an orphan
 < a home for a delicate … orphan boy — Flora Thompson >
 < the orphan pigs … drink their synthetic milk — Farmer's Weekly South Africa >
III. transitive verb
(orphaned ; orphaned ; orphaning \-f(ə)niŋ\ ; orphans)
1. : to cause to become an orphan : deprive of parents
 < as a boy on a Texas farm he had been orphaned by violence — Saturday Review >
 < orphaned in babyhood, brought up … in public institutions — Times Literary Supplement >
2. : to deprive of some protection or advantage
 < millions were orphaned when he died — New Republic >
 < orphaned of the Primate — Sunday Independent (Dublin) >
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