| 释义 |
secluded, ppl. a.|sɪˈkluːdɪd|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
1. In senses of the vb., esp.: Shut up or withdrawn from view; † (of a privilege) withheld from the multitude; † (of a member of parliament) expelled, excluded.
1604E. G[rimstone] D'Acosta's Hist. Indies v. xi. 358 So the Divell hath his sacrifices,..his secluded and fained holinesse, with a thousand sortes of false prophets. 1649Prynne (title) A Vindication of the Imprisoned and Secluded Members of the House of Commons From the Aspersions cast upon them. 1660Trial Regic. 86, I was one of the Secluded Members. a1674Clarendon Hist. Reb. xvi. §132 He made no scruple to declare, that in justice the secluded members ought to be admitted. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. Wks. V. 86 If she were communicating some privilege, or laying open some secluded benefit. 1842J. Peddie Exp. Jonah vii. 119 Consider the secluded condition of Eastern monarchs. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair xvii, His secluded wife ever smiling and cheerful.
2. Of a place or dwelling: Remote or screened from observation or access; withdrawn from society; seldom visited on account of distance or difficulty of approach; sequestered, retired.
1798Wordsw. Poems Imag. xxvi. Tintern Abb. 6 Once again Do I behold these steep and lofty cliffs, That on a wild secluded scene impress Thoughts of more deep seclusion. 1842J. Wilson Chr. North (1857) I. 254 Is not the secluded scene felt to be most beautiful? 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. v. I. 538 In that secluded province his father had bought a small estate. 1862Burton Bk. Hunter iv. 378 A secluded hollow near the small tarn called Lochcolissor. 1908[Miss Fowler] Betw. Trent & Ancholme 40 Over-hanging a secluded garden.
Hence seˈcludedly adv., seˈcludedness.
1835New Monthly Mag. XLIII. 455 A bower of the most approved secludedness and beauty. 1837Lockhart Scott I. v. 164 Both living secludedly, they had scarcely seen each other for many years. |