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orphan

/ˈɔːfən/ /ˈɔɹfən/

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noun

孤儿，孤子.

A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.

Examples :

"After the tragic car accident, the young girl became an orphan and went to live with her grandparents. "

一场可怕的车祸后，这个小女孩成了孤儿，和她的祖父母住在一起。

family person human society

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noun

孤儿，遗孤

A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them.

Examples :

"The orphan applied for a scholarship, hoping it would help him pay for school. "

这个孤儿申请了奖学金，希望它能帮助他支付学费。

family person human

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noun

孤儿, 幼雏

A young animal with no mother.

Examples :

"The farmer found a tiny orphan kitten shivering in the barn. "

农夫在谷仓里发现了一只瑟瑟发抖的小孤儿猫。

animal family nature

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noun

孤儿, 孤子

Anything that is unsupported, as by its source, provider or caretaker, by reason of the supporter's demise or decision to abandon.

Examples :

"After the company closed, the old software became an orphan, left without updates or support. "

公司倒闭后，这款旧软件成了孤儿，没人再更新或提供技术支持了。

family human society state

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noun

孤行

A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.

Examples :

"The new paragraph began with an orphan, sitting at the bottom of the page. "

新段落的第一行变成了一个孤行，孤零零地留在了页面的底部。

computing writing type style

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noun

孤立对象，未引用对象

Any unreferenced object.

Examples :

"The variable "age" in the computer program was an orphan; it had no value assigned to it. "

电脑程序里的变量“年龄”是个孤立对象，没有被赋予任何值。

computing technology item

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verb

使成为孤儿，使失去父母。

To deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive)

Examples :

"What do you do when you come across two orphaned polar bear cubs?"

当你遇到两只失去了父母的北极熊幼崽时，你会怎么做？

family human society suffering

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verb

使成为孤立，遗弃。

To make unavailable, as by removing the last remaining pointer or reference to.

Examples :

"Removing categories orphans pages from the main category tree."

从主分类树中移除那些孤立的页面，也就是断开页面与分类的最后关联。

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adjective

孤儿的，失去双亲的

Deprived of parents (also orphaned).

Examples :

"She is an orphan child."

她是个失去双亲的孤儿。

family person human society

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adjective

孤立无援的，被遗弃的。

(by extension) Remaining after the removal of some form of support.

Examples :

"With its government funding curtailed, the gun registry became an orphan program."

由于政府拨款被削减，枪支登记项目成了一个孤立无援的项目。

family situation