| 单词 | orphan |
| 释义 | orphan —orphanhood, n. /awr"feuhn/, n. 1. a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent. 2. a young animal that has been deserted by or has lost its mother. 3. a person or thing that is without protective affiliation, sponsorship, etc.: The committee is an orphan of the previous administration. 4. Print. a. (esp. in word processing) the first line of a paragraph when it appears alone at the bottom of a page. b. widow (def. 3b). adj. 5. bereft of parents. 6. of or for orphans: an orphan home. 7. not authorized, supported, or funded; not part of a system; isolated; abandoned: an orphan research project. 8. lacking a commercial sponsor, an employer, etc.: orphan workers. v.t. 9. to deprive of parents or a parent through death: He was orphaned at the age of four. 10. Informal. to deprive of commercial sponsorship, an employer, etc.: The recession has orphaned many experienced workers. [1425-75; late ME (n.) < LL orphanus destitute, without parents < Gk orphanós bereaved; akin to L orbus bereaved] |
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