recluse

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++re·cluse /rɪˈkluːs $ ˈrekluːs/ noun [countable]  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/ adjective

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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”

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recluse
re‧cluse /rɪˈkluːs $ ˈrekluːs/ noun [countable]someone who chooses to live alone, and does not like seeing or talking to other people:
    She became a recluse after her two sons were murdered.
—reclusive /rɪˈkluːsɪv/ adjective

re·cluseBrE /rɪˈkluːs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈrekluːs/ 🔊 nouna person who lives alone and likes to avoid other people 隐居者；喜欢独处的人◆to lead the life of a recluse过隐居的生活▸ re·clu·sive BrE /rɪˈkluːsɪv/ 🔊NAmE /rɪˈkluːsɪv/ 🔊 adjective◆a reclusive millionaire深居简出的富翁