motherless

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But the poor little motherless child, when she found herself alone in the wood, and saw nothing but trees and leaves, was dreadfully frightened, and knew not what to do.
但是這個(gè)可憐的失去母親的孩子，儅她發(fā)現(xiàn)她獨(dú)自一個(gè)人在森林裡，除了樹(shù)和落葉她什麼也看不到時(shí)，感到非常的受驚，不知道該怎麼辦。
When she finished the book, Jones couldn't quite let go of her central character, Lewis, the violent but misunderstood motherless son, who readers left on a train bound for war.
儅瓊斯完成本書之後，她仍然牽掛著小說(shuō)中的中心人物路易斯，那個(gè)粗野但遭人誤解的失去母親的孩子。讀者最後看到他時(shí)，他已經(jīng)坐上了開(kāi)往前線的火車。
Had a dying instinct told him his motherless offspring would be safe here, as he had been, with those who loved him？Hot tears spilled on baby fur as Becky gathered the trembling bundle in her arms.
是不是它臨死前, 本能告訴了它, 它的孤兒在這兒會(huì)很安全, 像它一樣, 和愛(ài)它的人在一起？貝基抱著那顫抖的小毛團(tuán), 熱淚落在嬰狼的乳毛上。

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You describe children as motherless if their mother has died or does not live with them.