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orphaning present participle oforphan 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。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Parenting & caring for children adopt adoptable adopted adoptee adoption caretaking child-rearing childless childlessness childmind kinship care kinship carer lawnmower parent looked-after milestone skin to skinidiom snowploughing stay-at-home swaddle unadoptable |