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单词 hermit-like
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Definition of hermit-like in English:

hermit-like

adjective
  • Avoiding the company of other people; solitary.

    he has been living a hermit-like existence on the outskirts of town
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was a reluctant celebrity, less comfortable in the limelight than in the hermit-like world he fashioned for himself off the pitcher's mound.
    • In an attempt to break out of my recent hermit-like state, I've decided to try going out and being vaguely sociable a bit more often.
    • He eked out a hermit-like existence in a cottage in Ireland without electricity or running water.
    • In contrast to my hermit-like personality, I'm fascinated by people.
    • Most lonely people remain that way, only occasionally lifted out of their hermit-like social life to experience bitter disappointment.
    • I am anti-social and hermit-like and can only take most people in small doses.
    • Being hermit-like, I tend to blend in to the surroundings more often than I make an impression.
    • The brothers had been hermit-like farmers since they were children, living a secluded life of poverty and near inseparability.
    • Even with his silent and hermit-like nature, he had a few friends: Ben, Luis, and Tobias.
    • It was also a collaborative activity, which is always fun, especially as an antidote to the normal rather hermit-like existence of writing and research.
    Synonyms
    secluded, sheltered, sequestered, shielded, protected
 
 

Definition of hermit-like in US English:

hermit-like

adjectiveˈhərmitˌlīk
  • Avoiding the company of other people; solitary.

    he has been living a hermit-like existence on the outskirts of town
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In contrast to my hermit-like personality, I'm fascinated by people.
    • He was a reluctant celebrity, less comfortable in the limelight than in the hermit-like world he fashioned for himself off the pitcher's mound.
    • Most lonely people remain that way, only occasionally lifted out of their hermit-like social life to experience bitter disappointment.
    • It was also a collaborative activity, which is always fun, especially as an antidote to the normal rather hermit-like existence of writing and research.
    • The brothers had been hermit-like farmers since they were children, living a secluded life of poverty and near inseparability.
    • I am anti-social and hermit-like and can only take most people in small doses.
    • In an attempt to break out of my recent hermit-like state, I've decided to try going out and being vaguely sociable a bit more often.
    • He eked out a hermit-like existence in a cottage in Ireland without electricity or running water.
    • Even with his silent and hermit-like nature, he had a few friends: Ben, Luis, and Tobias.
    • Being hermit-like, I tend to blend in to the surroundings more often than I make an impression.
    Synonyms
    secluded, sheltered, sequestered, shielded, protected
 
 
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