orphan
UK ['ɔ:.fən] US ['ɔ:r-] noun countable
■a child whose parents are dead 孤儿•The civil war is making orphans of many children.内战正使许多孩子沦为孤儿。
UK ['ɔ:.fən] US ['ɔ:r-] verb transitive usually passive
■to make someone an orphan 使成为孤儿•He was orphaned as a baby (= His parents died when he was a baby).他尚在繦褓中时，就成了孤儿。 •The children were orphaned by the war (= their parents were killed in the war).战争使这些孩子成为孤儿。 |