An orphan (from the Greek ?ρφαν???ρφαν??, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus) is a child permanently bereaved of or abandoned by his or her parents.Merriam-Webster online dictionaryConcise Oxford Dictionary, 6th edition "a child bereaved of parents" with bereaved meaning (of death etc) deprived of a relation In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents is called an orphan.
详细百科解释