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Orphan German Late Latin Bereft Heir English 7650.Orphan

正面 7650.orphan
英 ['ɔːf(ə)n]美 ['ɔrfn]

背面
释义:
adj. 孤儿的;无双亲的n. 孤儿vt. 使成孤儿
例句:
1. 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。

1. 谐音“饿饭”
orphan 孤儿来自拉丁语orphanus,孤儿,来自希腊语orphos,丧失父母的,来自PIE*orbh,剥夺,丧失,词源同robot.引申词义被剥夺自由权成为奴隶的人,也用于指丧失父母成为孤儿的人。
orphan (v.)1814, from orphan (n.). Related: Orphaned; orphaning.orphan (n.)c. 1300, from Late Latin orphanus "parentless child" (source of Old French orfeno, Italian orfano), from Greek orphanos "orphaned, without parents, fatherless," literally "deprived," from orphos "bereft," from PIE *orbho- "bereft of father," also "deprived of free status," from root *orbh- "to change allegiance, to pass from one status to another" (cognates: Hittite harb- "change allegiance," Latin orbus "bereft," Sanskrit arbhah "weak, child," Armenian orb "orphan," Old Irish orbe "heir," Old Church Slavonic rabu "slave," rabota "servitude" (see robot), Gothic arbja, German erbe, Old English ierfa "heir," Old High German arabeit, German Arbeit "work," Old Frisian arbed, Old English earfoð "hardship, suffering, trouble"). As an adjective from late 15c."

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