Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #21522
recluse
隐居者；隐士
a person who lives alone and avoids other people
- 1.
one who lives in solitude
独居的人
独居的人
In use
After years in the city, she became a recluse and rarely left her small cottage.
The famous writer lived as a recluse in a remote mountain village.
He is something of a recluse, so his neighbors rarely see him.
be a recluse
常用冠词a，表示一种状态。
After her husband died, she became a recluse.
丈夫去世后，她成了一个家里蹲。
live as a recluse
He has been living as a recluse in the mountains for years.
他在山里过着隐居生活多年。
turn into a recluse
强调转变过程。
The stress of fame turned him into a recluse.
成名的压力使他变成了一个家里蹲。
Common mistakes
He is very recluse.He is very reclusive.
recluse 是名词，意为'隐士'；描述性格应用形容词 reclusive。
He is recluse.He is a recluse.
recluse 是可数名词，单数形式前需要不定冠词 a。中文没有冠词，学习者容易遗漏。
Connections
Collocations
- live as a recluse
- 过隐居生活
- After the scandal, he lived as a recluse in the countryside.丑闻之后，他在乡下过着隐居生活。
- become a recluse
- 变成隐士
- She became a recluse after her husband died.丈夫去世后，她变成了隐士。
- a virtual recluse
- 几乎与世隔绝的人
- He is a virtual recluse who rarely leaves his apartment.他几乎与世隔绝，很少离开公寓。
- a bit of a recluse
- 有点像个隐士
- She is a bit of a recluse and rarely goes out.她有点像个隐士，很少出门。
Synonyms
- hermit
- 隐士（常因宗教或隐居修行而独居） · 较正式，常指因宗教或隐修目的而离群索居者；recluse 更偏重性格上不愿与人接触。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 recluse 拆成 re + cluse，联想成‘再关闭’：不停关上门的人，就是独居的隐士。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：literary writing、formal prose、news features recluse 通常带有书面、正式的色彩，多出现在文学或正式叙述中；日常口语中较少用，比较常见于描述一个人长期离群索居、避开社交的场合。
Pronunciation & Spelling
押韵词：loose /lus/、goose /ɡus/、truce /trus/ 与 recluse /rɪˈklus/ 的元音及后面的辅音相同，都是 /us/。拼写相近但发音不同：use /jus/、abuse /əˈbjus/、excuse /ɪkˈskjus/ 都以 -use 结尾，但元音前有 /j/ 音，读作 /ju/，与 recluse 的 /u/ 不同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.