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recluse

/noun rek-loos, ri-kloos; adjective ri-kloos, rek-loos/US // noun ˈrɛk lus, rɪˈklus; adjective rɪˈklus, ˈrɛk lus //UK // (rɪˈkluːs) //

隐士,隐居者,隐者,隐居

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
    • : Also incluse. a religious voluntary immured in a cave, hut, or the like, or one remaining within a cell for life.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    re·cluse [ri-kloos, rek-loos] /rɪˈklus, ˈrɛk lus/ .Also re·clu·sive .

    • : shut off or apart from the world; living in seclusion, often for religious reasons.
    • : characterized by seclusion; solitary.

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Examples

  • In addition to dealing with hunger and loneliness, North suffered bites from a Chilean recluse spider, which eventually became infected and threatened her time on the show.

  • Despite the stereotype of the recluse who prefers movies to firsthand human encounters, I’ve often wondered if the faces of actors aren’t one of our best means for fostering empathy.

  • After all, the popular image of an amateur-radio enthusiast is an aging, armchair-bound recluse, not some crampon-clad adventurer.

  • Later chapters become a depressing catalogue of bad books and bad health, as Highsmith retreated to Switzerland and became more and more of a recluse.

  • Although there are a few medically important species like widow spiders and recluses, even their bites are uncommon and rarely cause serious issues.

  • By only her second gig ever, she was opening for popular R&B recluse The Weeknd.

  • But the area is now a popular tourist destination and the amount of social interaction can be too much for a true recluse.

  • Two years later, in 1953, he evacuated to Cornish and became a celebrity recluse.

  • Lee is not a recluse, but she famously stopped granting interviews in 1964.

  • He was not a recluse, however, as the documents and electronic chips recovered by the SEALs from his lair revealed.

  • But, good recluse, you have not read Sainte-Beuve's famous article on the Academy and the candidateships.

  • Yet, none the less certainly, the Frenchman's work made expression possible to the recluse of Oxford.

  • This man was called Lao-tse, a recluse and philosopher, who was already an old man when Confucius began his travels.

  • The road was most romantically recluse, and so serpentine as never to be visible beyond an hundred yards.

  • Im a confirmed old bachelor, a grumpy, surly recluse wedded to my pipe, but for all that I have eyes in my head.