| 单词 | by one's lonesome |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby (or on) one's lonesome b. by (or on) one's lonesome, all alone, without company or assistance. (Cf. lone adj. 6b). colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [adverb] alonelyc1450 solitarilyc1450 lonesomely1771 lonelily1850 by (one's) lee-lone1887 by (or on) one's lonesome1899 on one's ace1903 1899 C. J. C. Hyne Further Adventures Capt. Kettle ii. 31 No, Kettle, if I'm to get well, some white man will have to go up by his lonesome for me, and square that witch doctor by some trick of the tongue. 1908 Daily Chron. 13 Aug. 5/7 Then, parting from him,..I went, all by my lonesome, along the Madeira Walk. 1920 B. Cronin Timber Wolves 125 ‘When I marry Amelia Peters,’ says George, ‘you can hit the trail on your lonesome.’ 1953 H. Miller Plexus (1963) xii. 442 That evening I wandered off by my lonesome. 1973 G. Beare Snake on Grave ii. 10 One of Rommel's 88's had taken care of his old man somewhere in the Western Desert, and that had left Latch on his lonesome. < as lemmas |
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