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-derivedCommon 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.