solitary
英 ['sɒlɪt(ə)rɪ]
美 ['sɑlətɛri]
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1. sole, solely => solitary.
solitary 单独的，独自的，孤单的sol-,单独的，独自的，-itary,形容词后缀。
- solitary
- solitary: see sole
- solitary (adj.)
- mid-14c., "alone, living alone," from Old French solitaire, from Latin solitarius "alone, lonely, isolated," from solitas "loneliness, solitude," from solus "alone" (see sole (adj.)). Meaning "single, sole, only" is from 1742. Related: Solitarily; solitariness. As a noun from late 14c.; from 1854 as short for solitary confinement (that phrase recorded from 1690s).
- 1. Last night he was being held in solitary confinement in Douglas jail.
- 昨晚他被单独监禁在道格拉斯的监狱里。
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- 2. Some solitary bees make their nests in burrows in the soil.
- 一些独居蜂会把巢筑在田间的地洞里。
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- 3. Tom was in solitary across the way from me.
- 汤姆在我对面被单独监禁。
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- 4. A solitary viola plucks a lonely, soft F sharp.
- 一把中提琴独自奏出了一个寂寞柔和的升F调。
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- 5. A solitary hunched figure emerged from Number Ten.
- 一个缩头弓身的孤独身影从唐宁街10号出来了。
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