recluse

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re·cluse /rɪˈkluːs $ ˈrekluːs/ noun [countableC]

ALONEsomeone who chooses to live alone, and does not like seeing or talking to other people 隐居者，隐士，遁世者

She became a recluse after her two sons were murdered.

两个儿子被杀后，她就一直离群索居。

—reclusive /rɪˈkluːsɪv/ adjectiveadj

Examples from the Corpus

recluse• Hudson became a recluse after her husband's death.• He had been a recluse, completely isolated from the world, for the last ten years.• If you don't get out more, you're going to turn into a recluse.• She turned into a recluse or something?• I became more and more of a recluse, avoiding our old haunts for fear of running into him.• They may owe their intact status to the fact that they belong to a recluse.• He was a natural recluse who found all human relationships difficult.• Many people become human relations victims over and over again without becoming hardened, insensitive or recluses.• Old Mr Grimes was a bad-tempered recluse, rarely seen in the town.• The recluse is shy, only biting when threatened.

Origin recluse

(1100-1200) Old French reclus “shut up”, from Late Latin recludere “to shut up”

re·cluse noun

Chinese

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Corpus

TOEFL BNC: 21522 COCA: 21060

recluse

People who are shy or prefer to be alone: loner, hermit, recluse...

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