lonely
英 ['ləʊnlɪ] 美 ['lonli]
| 近义词 | isolated 、 unaccompanied 、 friendless 、 forlorn 、 alone 、 lonesome 、 desolate 、 solitary | ||
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- adj. 寂寞的；偏僻的
- n. 孤独者
词态变化
比较级: lonelier;最高级: loneliest;名词: loneliness;
英文词源
- lonely
- lonely: [16] Lonely is a derivative of lone [14], itself a truncated form of alone. Another coinage based on lone is lonesome [17].
- lonely (adj.)
- c. 1600, "solitary, lone," from lone + -ly (1). Meaning "dejected for want of company" is from 1811. Lonely heart (n.) "a lonely-hearted person" is from 1922. Lonely hearted (adj.) is attested from 1820.
双语例句
- 1. If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.--Jean Paul Sartre
- 如果你独处时感到寂寞，说明没有把自己陪好。
来自金山词霸 每日一句
- 2. I would imagine she's quite lonely living on her own.
- 我猜想她一个人过肯定很孤独。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Miserable, and unexpectedly lonely, she went in search of Jean-Paul.
- 内心痛苦、突感寂寞的她去寻找琼－保罗。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. I feel lost and lonely in a strange town alone.
- 在陌生的城镇里只身一人，我感到不知所措、孤单寂寞。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. He looks for the lonely, the lost, the unloved.
- 他找的是孤独的人、失落的人和缺少爱的人。
来自柯林斯例句