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orphan

noun
🔊/ˈɔːfn/
🔊/ˈɔːrfn/
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  1. a child whose parents are dead孤儿
    • He was an orphan and lived with his uncle.他是个孤儿，和他叔叔一起生活。🔊🔊
    • orphan boys/girls父母双亡的男孩／女孩
    • a poor little orphan可怜的小孤儿
    Topics Life stagesc1, Family and relationshipsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • little
    • poor
    • war
    • …
    verb + orphan
    • be left
    • adopt
    orphan + noun
    • boy
    • child
    • girl
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English: via late Latin from Greek orphanos ‘bereaved’.

orphan

verb
🔊/ˈɔːfn/
🔊/ˈɔːrfn/
[usually passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they orphan
🔊/ˈɔːfn/
🔊/ˈɔːrfn/
he / she / it orphans
🔊/ˈɔːfnz/
🔊/ˈɔːrfnz/
past simple orphaned
🔊/ˈɔːfnd/
🔊/ˈɔːrfnd/
past participle orphaned
🔊/ˈɔːfnd/
🔊/ˈɔːrfnd/
-ing form orphaning
🔊/ˈɔːfnɪŋ/
🔊/ˈɔːrfnɪŋ/
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  1. orphan somebody to make a child an orphan使成为孤儿
    • She was orphaned in the war.战争使她成为孤儿。🔊🔊
    Word Originlate Middle English: via late Latin from Greek orphanos ‘bereaved’.