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单词 lone wolf
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lone wolf


lone wolf

n. One who prefers to go without the company or assistance of others. Also called lone hand.

lone wolf

n a person who prefers to be alone

lone′ wolf′


n.
Informal. a person who prefers to live, act, or work alone or independent of others. [1905–10, Amer.]
Thesaurus
Noun1.lone wolf - a person who avoids the company or assistance of otherslone wolf - a person who avoids the company or assistance of otherslone hand, lonerindividualist - a person who pursues independent thought or actionrecluse, solitudinarian, troglodyte, solitary, hermit - one who lives in solitude
Translations
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lone wolf


lone wolf

1. Someone who does not seek or like the company of others. Shannon should have known Brad would break her heart—he's a lone wolf who doesn't like getting close to anybody. A: "Does he have any friends at school?" B: "No, I think he's a lone wolf."2. A terrorist who acts alone or independently of a larger group when carrying out an attack. The attack was carried out by another lone wolf who had no affiliation with terror groups but was inspired by radical postings online.See also: lone, wolf

lone wolf

A person who prefers to do without the company or assistance of others. For example, Her nursery school teacher described Beth as a lone wolf, an assessment her parents found astonishing . This expression alludes to the tendency of some species of wolf to hunt alone rather than in packs. [c. 1900] See also: lone, wolf

a lone wolf

A lone wolf is an independent person who likes doing things on their own, rather than doing them with other people. He was also somewhat of a lone wolf, never marrying. Latham's personal style is that of a political lone wolf.See also: lone, wolf

lone wolf

a person who prefers to act alone.See also: lone, wolf

a ˌlone ˈwolf

a person who chooses to work, live, be, etc. alone: In the police force he had the reputation of being something of a lone wolf.See also: lone, wolf

lone wolf

n. a man who stays to himself. Fred is sort of a lone wolf until he has a few drinks. See also: lone, wolf

Lone Wolf


Lone Wolf,

d. 1879, Kiowa Chief. He led some KiowasKiowa
, Native North Americans whose language is thought to form a branch of the Aztec-Tanoan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). The Kiowa, a nomadic people of the Plains area, had several distinctive traits, including a pictographic calendar and the worship of a
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 on raids in 1874 after his son had been killed by whites, but he was defeated and with a number of followers was deported to Florida, where he remained in military confinement for three years; he died one year after his release.

lone wolf


  • noun

Synonyms for lone wolf

noun a person who avoids the company or assistance of others

Synonyms

  • lone hand
  • loner

Related Words

  • individualist
  • recluse
  • solitudinarian
  • troglodyte
  • solitary
  • hermit
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