Solitary



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• adj.孤独的; n.隐士
• ［英］ adj.孤独的 ( without companions) ; n.隐士 ( recluse)
• ［类］ miser : stingy / loner : solitary ( 吝啬鬼吝啬 / 孤独者孤独)
• ［记］ solit ( 单独) ＋ary -> 单独的
• ［例］ solitary ruins ( 荒凉的废墟)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Middle English, solitarie, from Anglo-French, from Latin solitarius, from solitas aloneness, from solus alone
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. being, living, or going alone or without companions
  • b. saddened by isolation
• 2. unfrequented, desolate <a solitary seashore>
• 3.
  • a. taken, passed, or performed without companions <a solitary ramble>
  • b. keeping a prisoner apart from others <solitary confinement>
• 4. being at once single and isolated <a solitary example>
• 5.
  • a. occurring singly and not as part of a group or cluster <flowers terminal and solitary>
  • b. not gregarious, colonial, social, or compound <solitary bees>
• Synonyms: see alone
• ? solitarily adverb
• ? solitariness noun

II. noun (plural -taries)

• Date: 15th century
• 1. one who lives or seeks to live a solitary life ; recluse
• 2. solitary confinement in prison <put him in solitary>

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