orphan

名词 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

动词 orphan:

1. deprive of parents

形容词 orphan:

1. deprived of parents by death or desertion
   同义词：orphaned

1. Having no children of their own they decided to adopt an orphan.
   他们因没有亲生儿女，所以决定领养一个孤儿。
2. Although Tony is an orphan, he is always in good spirits.
   虽然托尼是个孤儿，他总是很快乐。
3. The orphan at an early age had to deal with all problems of life by himself.
   那个孤儿年岁很小就要单独解决问题。
4. As they had no children of their own, they adopted an orphan.
   他们没有亲生儿女，就收养了一个孤儿。
5. My cousin is an orphan; her parents died when she was young.
   我的表姐是孤儿，她的父母在她小时候就去世了。
6. She was orphaned at the age of ten.
   她在十岁时成为孤儿。

or.phan

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：
例句：
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：
例句：
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：
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

来源：
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-

【引伸】
or.phanhood.
n.（名词）