orphan

英 ['??f(?)n] 美['?rfn]

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復(fù)數(shù):?orphans;第三人稱單數(shù):?orphans;過(guò)去式:?orphaned;過(guò)去分詞:?orphaned;現(xiàn)在分詞:?orphaning;

1. 諧音“餓飯”

orphan 孤兒

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)orphanus,孤兒，來(lái)自希臘語(yǔ)orphos,喪失父母的，來(lái)自PIE*orbh,剝奪，喪失，詞源同robot.引申詞義被剝奪自由權(quán)成為奴隸的人，也用于指喪失父母成為孤兒的人。

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 earfoe "hardship, suffering, trouble"). As an adjective from late 15c.

1. I'm an orphan and pretty much grew up on my own.: 我是個(gè)孤兒，差不多是靠自己長(zhǎng)大的。

3. When his parents were killed in an accident, he became an orphan.: 當(dāng)他的父母在事故中喪生之后, 他便成了孤兒.

4. He brought up the orphan and passed onto him his knowledge of medicine.: 他把一個(gè)孤兒養(yǎng)大,并且把自己的醫(yī)術(shù)傳給了他.

5. The orphan had been reared in a convent by some good sisters.: 這個(gè)孤兒在一所修道院里被幾個(gè)好心的修女帶大.