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单词 lonely
释义 lone·ly
\-lēˌ -li\ adjective
(usually -er/-est)
Etymology: lone + -ly
1.
 a. : being without company : lacking companions or associates : lone
  < a lonely fisherman stood below on a tuft of gravel — Frederic Prokosch >
  < young men who brought their girls there to dance as well as lonely ones who danced with the hostesses — Edmund Wilson >
 b. : cut off from company or neighbors : solitary
  < a lonely little town far off upon the verge of Lapland night — G.D.Brown >
  < the train stopped frequently at lonely little stations — Robert Hichens >
2. : not frequented by human beings : desolate
 < dangerous and lonely portions of … coast — A.F.Harlow >
 < a lonely road >
3. : affected by loneliness : dejected and unhappy as a result of being alone
 < so far from home … so lonely and terribly unhappy — Eric Linklater >
 < a poor sick lonely old woman — W.M.Thackeray >
 < lonely for his family >
4. : producing a condition or feeling of loneliness
 < it's a lonely thing to be a champion — G.B.Shaw >
Synonyms: see alone
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