Word · Frequency #15487
orphanage
孤儿院
核心释义
a home or institution where orphaned children are cared for
- 1.
孤儿院；照顾和保护孤儿的机构。
A residential institution for the care and protection of orphans.
- 2.
没有在世父母的儿童的状态
the condition of being a child without living parents
- 3.
收养孤儿的公共机构
a public institution for the care of orphans
孤儿状态；孤儿身份；孤儿院；照顾和保护孤儿的机构。；没有在世父母的儿童的状态；收养孤儿的公共机构；孤儿身份；[法] 孤儿身份
用法In use
She donated a large sum of money to the local orphanage.
用法提示：名词，表示孤儿院，作介词宾语。
The children at the orphanage enjoyed a field trip to the zoo.
用法提示：名词，表示孤儿院，作地点状语。
Many orphanages have been converted into community centers in recent years.
用法提示：名词复数形式，表示多个孤儿院，作主语。
his early orphanage shaped his character as an adult
in an orphanage
表示地点，常与介词in连用。
Many children live in an orphanage.
许多孩子住在孤儿院里。
be sent to an orphanage
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- grow up in an orphanage
- 在孤儿院长大
- She grew up in an orphanage in the countryside.她在乡下的孤儿院长大。
- place a child in an orphanage
- 把孩子送进孤儿院
- After his parents died, he was placed in an orphanage.父母去世后，他被送进了孤儿院。
- run an orphanage
- 经营孤儿院
- She runs an orphanage for children in the city.她在城里经营一家孤儿院。
- orphanage staff
- 孤儿院工作人员
- The orphanage staff took good care of the children.孤儿院工作人员悉心照料孩子们。
- donate to an orphanage
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆联想：看到 orphan 想到“孤儿”，孤儿住的地方就是 orphanage（孤儿院）。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：新闻报道、官方文件、历史叙述 该词指照顾孤儿的机构，属中性正式词汇，多用于正式场合（如新闻、官方文件）或历史叙述；日常口语中较少单独使用，常改用 children's home 或 foster care。
语法说明Grammar Note
作'孤儿院'解时为可数名词，常见于 in/at an orphanage 结构；作'孤儿身份'解时不可数，但较少用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
No common word rhymes exactly with orphanage /ˈɔrfənədʒ/. The words above are selected for spelling or partial-sound similarities: -age words (village, image, language, manage) share the suffix but have different stressed vowels, so they are not rhymes; orphan shares the spelling prefix; orange looks similar but has a different vowel and ending. Use them only for comparing the written pattern, not for rhyme.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.