recluse

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit. archaic
    — The recluse in the fable kept a cat to keep off the rats, and then a cow to feed the cat with milk, and a man to keep the cow and so on. My ambitions also grew like the family of the recluse.
  2. The place where a recluse dwells; a place of isolation or seclusion. archaic,obsolete
    — that day of appearance taken out of the recluse and committed to safe custody
  3. Ellipsis of recluse spider. US,abbreviation,alt-of,archaic,ellipsis
  4. See also Thesaurus:recluse archaic
动词 v.
  1. To shut; to seclude. archaic,obsolete,transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Sequestered; secluded, isolated. archaic
    — a recluse monk or hermit
  2. Hidden, secret. archaic

词形变化

more recluse comparative most recluse superlative recluses plural recluses present,singular,third-person reclusing participle,present reclused participle,past reclused past

词源

词源 1
From Old French reclus, past participle of reclure, from Latin reclūdere (“to disclose, to open”), from re- + claudō (“close”).
词源 2
From Old French reclus, past participle of reclure, from Latin reclūdere (“to disclose, to open”), from re- + claudō (“close”).
词源 3
From Old French reclus, past participle of reclure, from Latin reclūdere (“to disclose, to open”), from re- + claudō (“close”).
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