名詞 orphan:

1. a child who has lost both parents
2. someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision
3. the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column
4. a young animal without a mother

動(dòng)詞 orphan:

1. deprive of parents

形容詞 orphan:

1. deprived of parents by death or desertion
   同義詞：orphaned

1. Having no children of their own they decided to adopt an orphan.
   他們因沒(méi)有親生兒女，所以決定領(lǐng)養(yǎng)一個(gè)孤兒。
2. Although Tony is an orphan, he is always in good spirits.
   雖然托尼是個(gè)孤兒，他總是很快樂(lè)。
3. The orphan at an early age had to deal with all problems of life by himself.
   那個(gè)孤兒年歲很小就要單獨(dú)解決問(wèn)題。
4. As they had no children of their own, they adopted an orphan.
   他們沒(méi)有親生兒女，就收養(yǎng)了一個(gè)孤兒。
5. My cousin is an orphan; her parents died when she was young.
   我的表姐是孤兒，她的父母在她小時(shí)候就去世了。
6. She was orphaned at the age of ten.
   她在十歲時(shí)成為孤兒。

or.phan

n.（名詞）

A child whose parents are dead.
孤兒：父母都去世的孩子
A child who has been deprived of parental care and has not been adopted.
無(wú)人照管的孩子：一個(gè)被剝奪了父母的關(guān)懷、而還沒(méi)有被收養(yǎng)的孩子
A young animal without a mother.
一只失去母獸的幼獸
One that lacks support, supervision, or care:
一個(gè)失去支持、監(jiān)督或關(guān)心的人：
例句：
A lack of corporate interest has made the subsidiary an orphan.
因缺乏共同利益，使得這家子公司無(wú)人照管

adj.（形容詞）
Deprived of parents.
無(wú)父母的
Intended for orphans:
為了孤兒的：
例句：
an orphan home.
孤兒之家

Lacking support or supervision; abandoned:
被遺棄：失去支持或監(jiān)護(hù)的；被遺棄的：
例句：
.an aggregation of every orphan technology at the Pentagon, stuff that`s been around for years that nobody would buy.(Harper`s)
. 五角大樓的所有廢棄不用技術(shù)的集合，其資料已經(jīng)數(shù)年無(wú)人購(gòu)買(mǎi)了.(哈珀)

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
or.phaned,or.phan.ing,or.phans
To deprive (a child) of one parent or both parents.
使成孤兒：剝奪（一個(gè)孩子）一個(gè)父母或雙親

來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Late Latin orphanus
源自 后期拉丁語(yǔ) orphanus
from Greek orphanos [orphaned] * see orbh-
源自 希臘語(yǔ) orphanos [成為孤兒] *參見(jiàn) orbh-

【引伸】
or.phanhood.
n.（名詞）