orphan用作动词时常用于被动结构。

用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
He was orphaned at an early age.他幼年时便成了孤儿。

When his parents were killed in an accident,he became an orphan.当他的父母在事故中丧生之后，他便成了孤儿。