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or·phan AHD[ôrʹfən] D.J.[ˈɔːfən]K.K.[ˈɔrfən]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：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：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："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
- 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-
orʹphanhood' n.（名词） |