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单词 orphan
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orphan

noun
/ˈɔːfn/
/ˈɔːrfn/
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  1. a child whose parents are dead
    • He was an orphan and lived with his uncle.
    • orphan boys/girls
    • a poor little orphan
    Topics Life stagesc1, Family and relationshipsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • little
    • poor
    • war
    • …
    verb + orphan
    • be left
    • adopt
    orphan + noun
    • boy
    • child
    • girl
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English: via late Latin from Greek orphanos ‘bereaved’.

orphan

verb
/ˈɔːfn/
/ˈɔːrfn/
[usually passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they orphan
/ˈɔːfn/
/ˈɔːrfn/
he / she / it orphans
/ˈɔːfnz/
/ˈɔːrfnz/
past simple orphaned
/ˈɔːfnd/
/ˈɔːrfnd/
past participle orphaned
/ˈɔːfnd/
/ˈɔːrfnd/
-ing form orphaning
/ˈɔːfnɪŋ/
/ˈɔːrfnɪŋ/
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  1. orphan somebody to make a child an orphan
    • She was orphaned in the war.
    Word Originlate Middle English: via late Latin from Greek orphanos ‘bereaved’.
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