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orphaning
present participle oforphan
orphan
verb[ Tusually passive ]
uk /ˈɔː.fən/ us /ˈɔːr.fən/
to make someone an orphan: 使成为孤儿
He was orphaned as a baby (= his parents died when he was a baby).他尚在襁褓中时就成了孤儿。
The children were orphaned by the war (= their parents were killed in the war).战争使这些孩子成为孤儿。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Parenting & caring for children
adopt
adoptable
adopted
adoptee
adoption
caretaking
child-rearing
childless
childlessness
childmind
kinship care
kinship carer
lawnmower parent
looked-after
milestone
skin to skinidiom
snowploughing
stay-at-home
swaddle
unadoptable
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