Skip to main content

solitariness

/sol-i-ter-ee/US // ˈsɒl ɪˌtɛr i //UK // (ˈsɒlɪtərɪ, -trɪ) //

孤独,孤独性,孤独感,独处

Related Words

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.
    • : living alone; avoiding the society of others: a solitary existence.
    • : by itself; alone: one solitary house.
    • : characterized by the absence of companions: a solitary journey.
    • : done without assistance or accompaniment; done in solitude: solitary chores.
    • : being the only one: a solitary exception.
    • : characterized by solitude, as a place; unfrequented, secluded, or lonely: a solitary cabin in the woods.
    • : Zoology. living habitually alone or in pairs, as certain wasps.Compare social.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural sol·i·tar·ies.

    • : a person who lives alone or in solitude, or avoids the society of others.
    • : a person who lives in solitude from religious motives.
    • : solitary confinement.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Among those in the mix is one that would ban the use of solitary confinement.

  • In staged battles between a trio of workers and a solitary soldier ant from a different species, Atta cephalotes, this mineral armor singlehandedly tipped the scale in the workers’ favor, the researchers say.

  • That means solitary stays locked in hotel rooms overseas after long shifts on the flight deck, and occasionally lengthy enforced quarantines.

  • Colugos were once thought to be solitary animals, Miard says.

  • My picks were private solitary escapes nestled in nature and accessible via car.

  • The group encompasses Byrne's art-rock solitariness and the dissociation effects in the spare—somewhat Godardian—staging.

  • Indeed, lunching at any Club in solitariness that day, with Aminta away from home, was bitter penance.

  • Nothing gives more content than solitariness, no (p. 14) solitariness like this of a single life.

  • I have known men grow into a state of incurable idiocy after a few months' solitariness.

  • They are much addicted to solitariness, and weary of company for the most part.

  • This solitariness in the great unknown world dazed the child.