solitary
英['s?l?t(?)r?]
美['sɑl?t?ri]
- adj. 孤獨的；獨居的
- n. 獨居者；隱士
詞態變化
復數:?solitaries;名詞:?solitariness;
助記提示
1. sole, solely => solitary.
中文詞源
solitary 單獨的，獨自的，孤單的
sol-,單獨的，獨自的，-itary,形容詞后綴。
英文詞源
- solitary
- solitary: see sole
- solitary (adj.)
- mid-14c., "alone, living alone," from Old French solitaire, from Latin solitarius "alone, lonely, isolated," from solitas "loneliness, solitude," from solus "alone" (see sole (adj.)). Meaning "single, sole, only" is from 1742. Related: Solitarily; solitariness. As a noun from late 14c.; from 1854 as short for solitary confinement (that phrase recorded from 1690s).
雙語例句
- 1. Last night he was being held in solitary confinement in Douglas jail.
- 昨晚他被單獨監禁在道格拉斯的監獄里。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Some solitary bees make their nests in burrows in the soil.
- 一些獨居蜂會把巢筑在田間的地洞里。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Tom was in solitary across the way from me.
- 湯姆在我對面被單獨監禁。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. A solitary viola plucks a lonely, soft F sharp.
- 一把中提琴獨自奏出了一個寂寞柔和的升F調。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. A solitary hunched figure emerged from Number Ten.
- 一個縮頭弓身的孤獨身影從唐寧街10號出來了。
來自柯林斯例句