Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #21522
recluse
/rɪˈkluːs/
noun
隐居者；隐士
核心释义
a person who lives alone and avoids other people
- 1.
独居的人
one who lives in solitude
独居的人
用法In use
After years in the city, she became a recluse and rarely left her small cottage.
用法提示：recluse 作名词，指隐居独处的人。
The famous writer lived as a recluse in a remote mountain village.
用法提示：作名词，a recluse 表示隐居者，用作表语。
He is something of a recluse, so his neighbors rarely see him.
用法提示：recluse 作可数名词，指喜欢独处、不与人来往的人。
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
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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。
近义词
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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。
语境与语域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。
发音与拼写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。
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