| 词汇 | orphan |
| 释义 | orphan noun[ C ] uk /ˈɔː.fən/ us /ˈɔːr.fən/ C2 a child whose parents are dead: 孤儿 The civil war is making orphans of many children.内战正在使许多孩子成为孤儿。 a child who has no parents orphanShe's an orphan adopted by a wealthy New York family. orphanedShe finds herself caring for an orphaned child. motherlessShe died at 39 and left four small children motherless. fatherlessThe raid created 85 widows and 250 fatherless children. Parents & children baby mama babyhood babymoon bastard brat fraternal twin guardianship identical twin illegitimacy parent parentage parental parentally parenthood step-parent the generation gap triplet tug of love twin without issueidiom orphan verb[ Tusually passive ] uk /ˈɔː.fən/ us /ˈɔːr.fən/ to make someone an orphan: 使成为孤儿 He was orphaned as a baby (= his parents died when he was a baby).他尚在襁褓中时就成了孤儿。 The children were orphaned by the war (= their parents were killed in the war).战争使这些孩子成为孤儿。 Parenting & caring for children adopt adoptable adopted adoptee adoption caretaking child-rearing childless childlessness childmind kinship care kinship carer lawnmower parent looked-after milestone snowploughing stay-at-home swaddle unadoptable unadopted orphan | American Dictionaryorphan noun[ C ] us/ˈɔr·fən/ a child whose parents are dead orphanverb[ T ]us/ˈɔr·fən/ She was orphaned at an early age. Examples of orphanorphan I think we as theatre artists have been orphaned from our spiritual lineage. More positively, many older people have important household tasks, especially in the care of grandchildren and orphans. Additionally, of particular interest are the genes called orphans which have no homologues in distantly related species. Most were focused on ethical issues of concern to community, family, clan, spouse, parents, children, neighbors, orphans, and cobelievers. The orphans had to be healthy and without bodily defects. Widows, (girl) orphans, new daughters-in-law, and unwanted wives are amongst those who could traditionally expect the lowest levels of consideration within the joint family system. The effects on the life courses of children who were orphaned during the first epidemic period could be twofold. The solution was most probably sought in increasing the pace of discharge of older orphans into the community. The orphans were also trained for their future employment, and - since they were well-disciplined - were favoured workers. In 1859 86 orphans were registered, whereas in 1899 approximately 50 were cared for. Democracy in effect ' orphaned ' this emerging but structurally weak and territorially dispersed actor. Since their parents are deceased or could not be found, orphans and abandoned children depend on the state. Thousands of orphans and abandoned children have grown up in foster families in these ordinary rural villages. There were few, if any, attempts to draw a distinction between orphaned children and children who live with only one parent for other reasons. True, orphans were dependents, but could they not become useful, independent members of society after childhood? See all examples of orphan These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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