orphan I'xfn; 'jrfan/ n person (esp a child) who has lost one or both of its parents by death: 父親、母親或雙親死亡的人; (尤指) 孤兒： (attrib) (形容用法) an ~ child. 孤兒。 vt [VP6A] cause to be an ~: 使成為孤兒： ~ed by war. 因戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)而成為孤兒的？ ~ age /-ids; -idj/ n home for ~s. 孤色曉。