orphan
orphan 英 [ˈɔ:fn] 美 [ˈɔrfn]
adj. 孤儿的；无双亲的 n. 孤儿 vt. 使成孤儿
进行时:orphaning 过去式:orphaned 过去分词:orphaned 第三人称单数:orphans 名词复数:orphans
- An orphan is someone who has lost both parents. Usually, we think of sad little children when we think of orphans, but anyone whose parents have both died is an orphan.
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- adj. 孤儿的；无双亲的
- n. 孤儿
- vt. 使成孤儿
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1. They adopted an orphan as an heir.
他们立一个孤儿为继承人。
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2. We may keep an orphan or adopt it out.
我们可以领养一个孤儿，或将孩子给人收养。
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3. He brought up the orphan and passed onto him his knowledge of medicine.
他把一个孤儿养大，并且把自己的医术传给了他。
- orphan (n.) c. 1300, from Late Latin orphanus "parentless child" (source of Old French orfeno, Italian orfano), from Greek orphanos "orphaned, without parents, fatherless," literally "deprived," from orphos "bereft," from PIE *orbho- "bereft of father," also "deprived of free status," from root *orbh- "to change allegiance, to pass from one status to another" (source also of Hittite harb- "change allegiance," Latin orbus "bereft," Sanskrit arbhah "weak, child," Armenian orb "orphan," Old Irish orbe "heir," Old Church Slavonic rabu "slave," rabota "servitude" (see robot), Gothic arbja, German erbe, Old English ierfa "heir," Old High German arabeit, German Arbeit "work," Old Frisian arbed, Old English earfoð "hardship, suffering, trouble"). As an adjective from late 15c.
- orphan (v.) 1814, from orphan (n.). Related: Orphaned; orphaning.
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