orphan

orphan读音音标

英 [ˈɔ:fn]

美 [ˈɔrfn]

orphan意思解释

n.

孤儿；

vt.

使成为孤儿；

adj.

孤儿的；

无双亲的；

变形

复数：orphans

过去式：orphaned

过去分词：orphaned

现在分词：orphaning

第三人称单数：orphans

双语释义

n.(名词)

v.(动词)

英英释义

An orphan (from the Greek ὀρφανός orfanosὀρφανός, 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.

双语例句

用作名词(n.)The orphan was consigned to her uncle\'s care.那孤儿托给她叔父照料。The boy became an orphan at six.那男孩六岁时成了孤儿。用作形容词(adj.)Some orphan crops cannot be grown from seeds.有些孤儿作物无法从种子生长起来。The old lady took pity on the orphan kittens.这老妇人觉得失去母猫的小猫可怜而把它们收容了下来。用作及物动词(vt.)She was orphaned at the age of ten.她在十岁时成为孤儿。