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recluse

🇬🇧 UK/ri'klu:s/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLGREC2

Definitions

n.

A person who lives alone and avoids contact with other people; a hermit.

隐居者;遁世者

adj.

Living in seclusion; isolated from society.

隐居的;与世隔绝的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
reagain, back
+
cluseclose, shut, exclude
=recluse

Common Collocations

  • 1.live as a recluse过隐居生活
  • 2.become a recluse变成隐居者
  • 3.[virtual recluse]足不出户的隐居者
  • 4.confirmed recluse彻底的遁世者

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    After retiring, the famous author became a recluse, rarely seen in public.

  • 2.

    The elderly recluse had not left his house in over a decade.

  • 3.

    She was not antisocial by nature but gradually became a recluse after her loss.

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