orphan

orphan — noun

1. a child or young person with no living parents because both have died

1.名詞C2
釋義

a child or young person with no living parents because both have died

例句

After the earthquake, the village school opened its doors to several orphans.

plural noun: several orphans

At twelve, Rosa became an orphan when both her parents died.

pattern: become an orphan

同義詞
  • parentless child

    a clear descriptive phrase rather than the fixed dictionary word

  • waif

    literary and old-fashioned; often suggests a lonely or badly cared-for child

  • foundling

    a child who has been abandoned and found, not necessarily one whose parents died

  • ward

    an official or legal term for someone under another person's care, not always an orphan

文法句型

become an orphan

an orphan at age six

war orphan

用法筆記

Usually refers to a child, not to an adult who loses parents later in life. Common after become and with modifiers like war or orphaned.

常見錯誤

❌My grandfather became an orphan at sixty.
✅My grandfather lost his parents when he was sixty.
💡Orphan usually refers to a child or young person.

orphan — verb