| 单词 | lone |
| 释义 | lone /ləʊn $ loʊn/ adjective [only before noun] 1 ALONEused to talk about the only person or thing in a place, or the only person or thing that does something 孤零零的；单独的，独自的 SYN solitary A lone figure was standing at the bus stop. 公交车站上站着一个孤单的身影。 He was by no means a lone voice criticizing the government. 批评政府的绝不止他一个人。 a lone gunman 独行持枪歹徒 the lone survivor of a shipwreck 一次海难的唯一幸存者2 lone mother/father/parent etc British EnglishONLY someone who looks after their children on their own 单身母亲/单身父亲/单亲等 SYN single a lone-parent family 单亲家庭3. lone wolf someone who prefers to be alone 独行侠，独来独往的人Examples from the Corpuslone• This was the time when the lone and often despairing voice of dissent was heard from the terraces.• Out of the stillness, a lone bird began to sing.• Apparently, the murder of the lone black, Penn, was unworthy of note.• He suffered from post-traumatic stress because of a lone confrontation with eight youths two years earlier.• a lone figure in the snow• A lone gunman burst into his house and shot him dead.• For start-ups it was the lone inventor in a garage.• A lone naked bulb dangled from the ceiling.• Councilman Dexter cast the lone "no" vote.• Sheila is a lone parent with two children, aged 13 and 15.• Family graves may occasionally receive a visit by a lone person shouldering a glum aura.• It never bothered her before to be a lone voice.lone figure• Suddenly, as if on cue, a lone figure appears on a horse.• But as I ploughed through the trough in the snow, a lone figure came weaving drunkenly towards me.• At last a lone figure staggered out, singing raucously as he swaggered in a drunken stupor.Origin lone (1300-1400) alonelone adjectiveChinese in or Corpus to thing talk used only about person the |
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