English Dictionary

orphan

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɔːfən/

名詞

比喩的用法

A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died. / A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them. / A young animal with no mother.

日本語の意味

両親が亡くなった（場合によっては片方のみの場合もある）未成年者や若い人を指す / 親に永久に見捨てられた未成年者や若い人を指す / 母親のいない若い動物を指す

After the flood, the orphan was brought to the shelter and given warm clothes and food.

洪水の後、両親を亡くしたその子は避難所へ連れて行かれ、暖かい服と食べ物を与えられた。

意味（1）

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

Rudolf was the bold, bad Baron of traditional melodrama. Irene was young, as pretty as a picture, fresh from a music academy in England. He was the scion of an ancient noble family; she an orphan without money or friends.

意味（2）

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

意味（3）

A young animal with no mother.

意味（4）

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

意味（5）

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

意味（6）

(computing) Any unreferenced object.

orphans （ plural ）