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lonesome

/lohn-suhm/US // ˈloʊn səm //UK // (ˈləʊnsəm) //

寂寞,孤寂,孤独的,孤独

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : depressed or sad because of the lack of friends, companionship, etc.; lonely: to feel lonesome.
    • : attended with or causing such a state or feeling: a lonesome evening at home.
    • : lonely or deserted in situation; remote, desolate, or isolated: a lonesome road.

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Examples

  • Here again, the plane was at once a lonesome vessel, the people aboard facing their singular fate, and yet somehow already attached to the larger drama, connected again by cellphones.

  • The out-and-back trail has parking lots on both ends and isn’t very strenuous—you can take the time to reflect and enjoy a lush hike by your lonesome.

  • In this lonesome environment, they’re expected to plan their post-graduation future.

  • A quarter century later, Duvall has reteamed with Lonesome Dove screenwriter William D. Witliff for A Night in Old Mexico.

  • Many view the Duvall-starring miniseries, Lonesome Dove, as one of the greatest westerns ever.

  • It's a blog in search of lonesome, twangy music that sounds old even if it isn't.

  • Many of your books, from Lonesome Dove to Horseman, Pass By, have been adapted for the screen.

  • It only affected what I chose to write afterwards in terms of the other three books in the Lonesome Dove tetralogy.

  • But there was nothing in the trough to eat, as yet, and the box seemed quite lonesome, for Squinty was all alone.

  • The little comical pig was rather lonesome after Slicko had left him, but he was no longer hungry, thanks to the acorns.

  • The sequestered spot, a seat beneath a plane tree, with a lonesome arc-lamp shining full upon it, was occupied.

  • I would not like to live in such a lonesome place, and old Rushmere, the only man on the premises of a night.

  • But after a while everything seemed still, and Fleetfoot began to feel lonesome.