西瓜单词

orphan是什么意思

orphan

英 ['ɔːf(ə)n] 美 ['ɔrfn]
  • adj. 孤儿的;无双亲的
  • n. 孤儿
  • vt. 使成孤儿

orphan 助记提示


1. 谐音“饿饭”

orphan 中文词源


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 英文词源


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.

orphan 双语例句


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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He was an orphan and lived with his uncle.
他是个孤儿,和他叔叔一起生活。

来自《权威词典》

3. When his parents were killed in an accident, he became an orphan.
当他的父母在事故中丧生之后, 他便成了孤儿.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. He brought up the orphan and passed onto him his knowledge of medicine.
他把一个孤儿养大,并且把自己的医术传给了他.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. The orphan had been reared in a convent by some good sisters.
这个孤儿在一所修道院里被几个好心的修女带大.

来自辞典例句

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