or.phan
n.(名词)
A child whose parents are dead.
孤儿:父母都去世的孩子
A child who has been deprived of parental care and has not been adopted.
无人照管的孩子:一个被剥夺了父母的关怀、而还没有被收养的孩子
A young animal without a mother.
一只失去母兽的幼兽
One that lacks support, supervision, or care:
一个失去支持、监督或关心的人:
例句:
A lack of corporate interest has made the subsidiary an orphan.
因缺乏共同利益,使得这家子公司无人照管
adj.(形容词)
Deprived of parents.
无父母的
Intended for orphans:
为了孤儿的:
例句:
an orphan home.
孤儿之家
Lacking support or supervision; abandoned:
被遗弃:失去支持或监护的;被遗弃的:
例句:
.an aggregation of every orphan technology at the Pentagon, stuff that`s been around for years that nobody would buy.(Harper`s)
. 五角大楼的所有废弃不用技术的集合,其资料已经数年无人购买了.(哈珀)
v.tr.(及物动词)
or.phaned,or.phan.ing,or.phans
To deprive (a child) of one parent or both parents.
使成孤儿:剥夺(一个孩子)一个父母或双亲
来源:
Middle English
中古英语
from Late Latin orphanus
源自 后期拉丁语 orphanus
from Greek orphanos [orphaned] * see orbh-
源自 希腊语 orphanos [成为孤儿] *参见 orbh-
【引伸】
or.phanhood.
n.(名词)