orphanage

/ˈɔːfənɪdʒ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈɔːrfənɪdʒ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈȯr-fə-nij ˈȯrf-nij/ (ame, mw)

orphanage — 名詞

  • orphanagesingular
  • orphanagesplural

1. a place where children who have no parents, or whose parents cannot look after t

1.名詞B2
釋義

孤兒院

收養孤兒或失依兒童的機構

a place where children who have no parents, or whose parents cannot look after them, live together and are cared for by adults

例句

Mrs. Chen has worked as a cook at the Green Street orphanage for eleven years.

陳女士在格林街的孤兒院當廚師已經十一年了。

orphanage + location modifier (on Green Street)

The orphanage received a large donation from a local charity after the TV news report.

那家孤兒院在電視新聞報導之後，收到當地慈善團體的大筆捐款。

orphanage as subject receiving donation

同義詞
  • children's home

    a more modern, less stigmatised term for the same type of institution

  • founding hospital

    archaic term for a home for abandoned infants; very rare in modern English

文法句型

(article) + orphanage + (location/time modifier)

用法筆記

Orphanage is a countable noun — you can say 'an orphanage', 'the orphanage', or 'two orphanages'. In modern usage, terms like 'children's home' or 'care home' are sometimes preferred to avoid the negative associations of the word 'orphan'.

常見錯誤

❌She grew up in a orphanage.
✅She grew up in an orphanage.
💡orphanage starts with a vowel sound, so the article is 'an', not 'a'.

2. the situation of having lost both parents and having no adult relative who can r

2.名詞C1
釋義

孤兒狀態

父母雙亡的處境

the situation of having lost both parents and having no adult relative who can raise you

例句

A novel follows a girl who faces orphanage after an illness kills both her parents.

有一本小說描述一名女孩因一場病失去雙親，從此淪為孤兒的故事。

orphanage (uncountable) as a condition/state

The historian's paper documents the harsh reality of orphanage in nineteenth-century London.

那位歷史學者的論文記錄了十九世紀倫敦孤兒處境的殘酷現實。

collocation: documents … the reality of orphanage

同義詞
  • orphanhood

    the modern, clearer term for the same concept; more commonly used in sociology and formal writing

文法句型

(possessive/determiner) + orphanage

用法筆記

Rare in everyday conversation — speakers use 'the state of being an orphan' or 'orphanhood' instead. You will most often encounter this sense in formal writing, literature, or historical documents.

常見錯誤

❌The war caused many children orphanage.
✅The war caused many children to become orphans.
💡orphanage as a state is a noun, not a verb. Use 'become an orphan' for the action.