recluse

英 [rɪˈkluːs]

美 [ˈrekluːs]

n.  隐居者; 喜欢独处的人

复数：recluses　第三人称单数：recluses　

TOEFLGRE

BNC.21522 / COCA.21060

牛津词典

noun

• 隐居者；喜欢独处的人
  a person who lives alone and likes to avoid other people
  1. to lead the life of a recluse
     过隐居的生活

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 隐居者；隐士
  Arecluseis a person who lives alone and deliberately avoids other people.
  1. His widow became a virtual recluse for the remainder of her life.
     他的寡妻孤寂地度过了余生。

英英释义

noun

• one who lives in solitude
  Synonym:hermitsolitarysolitudinariantroglodyte

adj

• withdrawn from society
  1. lived an unsocial reclusive life
  Synonym:reclusivewithdrawn

双语例句

• You must find a happy medium between going out every night of the week and living the life of a recluse.
  你必须在每晚都外出和过隐居生活之间寻找一个折中的办法。
• She became a recluse, ending her career but adding to her mystique.
  因此，她过起隐居生活，结束了演艺生涯，但这反而增加了她的神秘。
• He gives the impression of a recluse.
  他给人以隐士的印象。
• Visitors who caught sight of him in New Hampshire where he lived described an unkempt recluse.
  曾有访客在其居住地新罕布什尔州见过他，把他描绘成一位不修边幅的隐士。
• Clare's life at the dairy had been that of a recluse in respect to the world of his own class.
  克莱尔在奶牛场的生活一直是一种隐士的生活，同他自己阶级的人毫无往来。
• My devotion to reading has never made me a recluse.
  我对读书的挚爱从未使我成为遁世的隐士。
• His widow became a virtual recluse for the remainder of her life.
  他的寡妻孤寂地度过了余生。
• He is a millionaire recluse who refuses to give interviews.
  他是个隐居的百万富翁，拒绝接受采访。
• This poem uses the silence at an ancient temple in the early morning and its quiet, secluded atmosphere, to express the poet's yearning for being a recluse.
  这首诗通过描写清晨的古寺禅院中幽静的环境和空灵的气氛，抒发了诗人向往隐逸的情怀。
• A sadist's on the loose, some think he's a mystical recluse.
  一个施虐狂逃跑了，有人认为他是一个神秘教的隐士。