[N-COUNT 可数名词]孤儿 An orphan is a child whose parents are dead.
I'm an orphan and pretty much grew up on my own.
我是个孤儿，差不多是靠自己长大的。
...a young orphan girl brought up by peasants...
由农民抚养长大的幼小孤女
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[V-PASSIVE 被动动词]使成为孤儿 If a child is orphaned, their parents die, or their remaining parent dies.
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Jones was orphaned at the age of ten, and taken in by next-door neighbours...
琼斯10岁时成为孤儿，被隔壁的邻居收养。
By the end of the decade, some ten million children are expected to have been orphaned by the disease.
到这个10年结束时，大约1,000万儿童将会因为这种疾病而失去双亲。
..a fifteen-year-old boy left orphaned by the recent disaster.
被最近的那场灾难夺走了父母的15岁男孩
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orphan/ˈɔːfn; NAmEˈɔːrfn/
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orphanorphansorphanedorphaningnouna child whose parents are dead 孤儿◆He was an orphan and lived with his uncle.他是个孤儿，和他叔叔一起生活。◆orphan boys/girls父母双亡的男孩╱女孩verb[usually passive ]orphansb to make a child an orphan使成为孤儿◆She was orphaned in the war.战争使她成为孤儿。orphan/ˈɔːfn; NAmEˈɔːrfn/