recluse: [13] A recluse is etymologically a person who is ‘shut up’. The word was borrowed from reclus, the past participle of Old French reclure ‘shut up’. This was descended from Latin reclūdere, a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘again’ and claudere ‘shut’ (source of English close) which originally, paradoxically, meant ‘open’ – the notion being ‘reversing the process of closing’. ‘Shut up’ emerged in the post-classical period. => close
recluse (n.)
c. 1200, "person shut up from the world for purposes of religious meditation," from Old French reclus (fem. recluse) "hermit, recluse," also "confinement, prison; convent, monastery," noun use of reclus (adj.) "shut up," from Late Latin reclusus, past participle of recludere "to shut up, enclose" (but in classical Latin "to throw open"), from Latin re-, intensive prefix, + claudere "to shut" (see close (v.)).
recluse 英文释义
1. one who lives in solitude
recluse 双语例句
1. to lead the life of a recluse
过隐居的生活
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2. His widow became a virtual recluse for the remainder of her life.
他的寡妻孤寂地度过了余生。
来自辞典例句
3. She can't just be written off as an eccentric recluse.
不能仅仅把她当成一个古怪的隐居者.
来自辞典例句
4. All these years, Eric had lived as a recluse.
这些年来, 埃里克都是过着隐士生活.
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5. The old recluse secluded himself from the outside world.
这位老隐士与外面的世界隔绝了.
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recluse 实用场景例句
to lead the life of a recluse
过隐居的生活
牛津词典
a reclusive millionaire
深居简出的富翁
牛津词典
His widow became a virtual recluse for the remainder of her life.
他的寡妻孤寂地度过了余生。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
For such a recluse and an introvert, this passion for closeness seems odd.
这么个独行内向的人居然这么热衷于接近什么,真是怪事.
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The father became a bitter recluse, shutting himself away from all his friends.
父亲变得痛苦遁世, 避开了所有的朋友.
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All these years, Eric had lived as a recluse.
这些年来, 埃里克都是过着隐士生活.
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The historians say he lived another 15 years, weary , bored and a partial recluse.
