单词	solitude
释义	solitudesol‧i‧tude /ˈsɒlɪtjuːd $ ˈsɑːlɪtuːd/ noun [uncountable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINsolitude Origin: 1300-1400 Old French, Latin solitudo, from solus; ➔ SOLE1 Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Ella loved the quiet solitude of her weekends. He spent his free time in solitude, reading or walking in the hills. I need solitude in order to paint my pictures. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS How strange to emerge from my solitude. It was the solitude growing around me, growing under me: this I couldn't take. Kitty stood against the back wall, stony, her face blotchy from tears wept in solitude. Nor did he enjoy the mass, the open aggression of it, being so used to solitude, to hidden deceits. We have in prospect eight months of solitude, clinging to the edge of the world's coldest, remotest continent. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorwhen there are no other people with you► alone/on your own/by yourself if you are alone, on your own, or by yourself, you are in a place and no-one else is there with you : · She was sitting alone on a park bench.· I don't really like walking home on my own at night.· Do you share the apartment, or do you live by yourself?all alone/on your own/by yourself (=completely alone): · Wendy was frightened, all alone in that big old house.leave somebody alone/on their own/by themselves: · The first time his parents left him alone in the house, he set fire to the kitchen.· Mark's not well. I can't go out and leave him on his own. ► unaccompanied if you go somewhere unaccompanied, you go there alone, especially when it is more usual to be with someone else: · Children flying unaccompanied are looked after by the cabin crew.· Some parts of town are not safe for an unaccompanied woman. ► solitude when you are alone, especially when you want to be alone because this gives you time to think, work etc: · I need solitude in order to paint my pictures.· Ella loved the quiet solitude of her weekends.in solitude: · He spent his free time in solitude, reading or walking in the hills. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► need · A writer needs solitude yet not too much of it.· My activist soul once welcomed the stuffed mailbox and ringing phone as opportunities, despite my writerly need for solitude.· I needed solitude - so where better to find it than my island?· I find it wise to let people know that I am writing, that I need solitude. when you are alone, especially when this is what you enjoy → lonelinessin solitude Carl spent the morning in solitude. the solitude of her house on the lake
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