单词 | self-commune |
释义 | > as lemmasself-commune self-commune v. Brit. /ˌsɛlfkəˈmjuːn/ , U.S. /ˌsɛlfkəˈmjun/ intransitive to converse or communicate with oneself; to contemplate or reflect, esp. in solitude.ΚΠ 1752 R. Rolt Poet. Epist. 28 Self-communing, let me stray O'er the solitary way. 1845 D. Jerrold Hist. St. Giles & St. James iii. 98 Then did Mr. Capstick walk up and down behind his counter, self-communing. a1924 L. H. Sullivan Democracy (1961) 54 Do not all men self commune in a universal language when they are alone and carefully dumb with their thoughts? 2004 M. W. Young Malinowski vii. 125 The Canary Islands..became for Malinowski a touchstone of what it meant to self-commune in comparative solitude. < as lemmas |
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