Definition of recluse in English:

recluse

noun rɪˈkluːs

A person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people.
隐士；遁世者
she has turned into a virtual recluse
he's a bit of a recluse
Example sentencesExamples
- Socially inept recluses isolated in dimly lit rooms devoid of furniture and warmth, lacking friends and family, hating their jobs and life in general are the usual way in which single people are portrayed.
- In reaction to other philosophies of life the Taoists retreated and lived as recluses outside the milieu of society.
- In his time, ascetics and recluses again made an attempt to enter the Guru's flock.
- The majority had to severely restrict their lives by changing or abandoning work, curtailing all social activities, and becoming virtual recluses.
- Until a few years ago, I thought the growing popularity of chatrooms would put a stop to social interaction, that computers would turn members of our society into a bunch of recluses.
- Without adequate storage to keep all the mass emails they get, these poor recluses will be forced to delete their email regularly, and as a result, be restricted from going out in the world and meeting real people!
- Other recluses of his day wrote in heightened language about the grand mountain settings of their retreats; their lives appear exotic and glamorous.
- The refusal of judges to give any interviews, under cover of antiquated ‘rules’ which a long forgotten lord chancellor had invented, compounded the sense that they were all, or almost all, malevolent recluses.
- Though not hermits or recluses, they do enjoy their own space to ruminate about what makes the world go round not to mention what makes people tick.
- There would be at least five hours of silent, seated meditation a day, but there was also a lot of interaction with the other recluses and with the group of meditators who would come for weekly lectures.
- The only way to counter this is for us to become a nation of paranoid recluses.
- She is clearly unhappy in a social order where money matters, where middle-aged men become recluses and run away from their families when they lose their salaries.
- In common with many other recluses, he doesn't appear to have been shy or uncomfortable in company.
- Parents, psychologists and politicians are still struggling to find ways to coax these recluses - who are predominantly male - out of their self-imposed exiles.
- All Encratites lived as groups of celibate male and female Christians, not as individual recluses, and they survived and grew by attracting converts.
- In an interview with a newspaper, he recounted the terrible state of those aged persons - between 85 and 95 years old - many of them living as recluses, rejecting contact with family and friends.
- I hope they won't be recluses and that they'll enjoy rural life and all that goes on in the community.
- There are other figures whose lives, the details of which are hidden or only partially known, captivate us: eccentrics, artists, the recluses.
- The series also looks at recent developments in the worlds of animation and British comedy, and tells the strange tale of how convicts, scholars and recluses brought the Oxford English Dictionary into being.
- He lives as a virtual recluse on a rural estate near Andover, Hampshire, but owns shooting estates in Rosedale, North Yorkshire and other parts of Northern England.
Synonyms
hermit, ascetic
monk, nun
Islam marabout, santon
rare eremite, anchorite, anchoress, stylite, cenobite
loner, solitary, lone wolf
introvert, misanthrope
rare solitudinarian, solitaire, solitarian, isolate

adjective rɪˈkluːs

archaic

Favouring a solitary life.
〈古〉隐居的；遁世的
Example sentencesExamples
- He was a very secretive sort of individual, a very recluse sort of a person, and didn't have much to do with many of the people of this congregation.
- In my youth I was living in the capital, so that I was able to study in the Board of Astronomy; subsequently, I was instructed in mathematics by a recluse scholar.

Derivatives

reclusion

noun rɪˈkluːʒ(ə)n

The place is neither short of royalty nor is it strange to VIPs who have escaped the bright lights of the city to find reclusion and reflection about life.
Example sentencesExamples
- His reclusion was so absolute that as recently as 2001 he avoided attending a wedding on the long shot that he might bump into a journalist that he scarcely even knew.
- How does one live a life of noble reclusion in the real world?
- In more recent years, Brando's brilliance as an actor was overshadowed by his eccentric reclusion, the turmoil in his family life and financial disputes.
- For the next five years, Ting plans to live in reclusion and focus on a new breakthrough in his art.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French reclus, past participle of reclure, from Latin recludere 'enclose', from re- 'again' + claudere 'to shut'.

closet from Late Middle English:
Although closet is now the usual word in American English for a cupboard or wardrobe, it originally referred to a small private room, such as one for study or prayer. This idea of privacy led to the sense of hiding a fact or keeping something secret, which goes right back to the beginning of the 17th century. A person who is hiding the fact that they are gay has been described as in the closet, or as a closet homosexual, since the late 1960s. To out someone, meaning to reveal that they are gay, is a shortened way of saying ‘to force them out of the closet’. Closet comes from close (Middle English), which both in the sense ‘near’ and ‘shut’ go back to Latin claudere ‘to shut’, also the source of recluse (Middle English), someone who shuts themselves away.

Rhymes

abstruse, abuse, adduce, Ballets Russes, Belarus, Bruce, burnous, caboose, charlotte russe, conduce, deduce, deuce, diffuse, douce, educe, excuse, goose, induce, introduce, juice, Larousse, loose, luce, misuse, moose, mousse, noose, obtuse, Palouse, produce, profuse, puce, reduce, Rousse, seduce, sluice, Sousse, spruce, traduce, truce, use, vamoose, Zeus

Definition of recluse in US English:

recluse

noun

A person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people.
隐士；遁世者
she has turned into a virtual recluse
he's a bit of a recluse
Example sentencesExamples
- He lives as a virtual recluse on a rural estate near Andover, Hampshire, but owns shooting estates in Rosedale, North Yorkshire and other parts of Northern England.
- In his time, ascetics and recluses again made an attempt to enter the Guru's flock.
- Socially inept recluses isolated in dimly lit rooms devoid of furniture and warmth, lacking friends and family, hating their jobs and life in general are the usual way in which single people are portrayed.
- In common with many other recluses, he doesn't appear to have been shy or uncomfortable in company.
- There are other figures whose lives, the details of which are hidden or only partially known, captivate us: eccentrics, artists, the recluses.
- Without adequate storage to keep all the mass emails they get, these poor recluses will be forced to delete their email regularly, and as a result, be restricted from going out in the world and meeting real people!
- She is clearly unhappy in a social order where money matters, where middle-aged men become recluses and run away from their families when they lose their salaries.
- The refusal of judges to give any interviews, under cover of antiquated ‘rules’ which a long forgotten lord chancellor had invented, compounded the sense that they were all, or almost all, malevolent recluses.
- In reaction to other philosophies of life the Taoists retreated and lived as recluses outside the milieu of society.
- All Encratites lived as groups of celibate male and female Christians, not as individual recluses, and they survived and grew by attracting converts.
- The only way to counter this is for us to become a nation of paranoid recluses.
- Though not hermits or recluses, they do enjoy their own space to ruminate about what makes the world go round not to mention what makes people tick.
- There would be at least five hours of silent, seated meditation a day, but there was also a lot of interaction with the other recluses and with the group of meditators who would come for weekly lectures.
- Until a few years ago, I thought the growing popularity of chatrooms would put a stop to social interaction, that computers would turn members of our society into a bunch of recluses.
- The majority had to severely restrict their lives by changing or abandoning work, curtailing all social activities, and becoming virtual recluses.
- The series also looks at recent developments in the worlds of animation and British comedy, and tells the strange tale of how convicts, scholars and recluses brought the Oxford English Dictionary into being.
- Parents, psychologists and politicians are still struggling to find ways to coax these recluses - who are predominantly male - out of their self-imposed exiles.
- In an interview with a newspaper, he recounted the terrible state of those aged persons - between 85 and 95 years old - many of them living as recluses, rejecting contact with family and friends.
- Other recluses of his day wrote in heightened language about the grand mountain settings of their retreats; their lives appear exotic and glamorous.
- I hope they won't be recluses and that they'll enjoy rural life and all that goes on in the community.
Synonyms
hermit, ascetic
loner, solitary, lone wolf

adjective

archaic

Favoring a solitary life.
〈古〉隐居的；遁世的
Example sentencesExamples
- In my youth I was living in the capital, so that I was able to study in the Board of Astronomy; subsequently, I was instructed in mathematics by a recluse scholar.
- He was a very secretive sort of individual, a very recluse sort of a person, and didn't have much to do with many of the people of this congregation.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French reclus, past participle of reclure, from Latin recludere ‘enclose’, from re- ‘again’ + claudere ‘to shut’.

单词	recluse
释义	Definition of recluse in English: recluse noun rɪˈkluːs A person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people. 隐士；遁世者 she has turned into a virtual recluse he's a bit of a recluse Example sentencesExamples Socially inept recluses isolated in dimly lit rooms devoid of furniture and warmth, lacking friends and family, hating their jobs and life in general are the usual way in which single people are portrayed. In reaction to other philosophies of life the Taoists retreated and lived as recluses outside the milieu of society. In his time, ascetics and recluses again made an attempt to enter the Guru's flock. The majority had to severely restrict their lives by changing or abandoning work, curtailing all social activities, and becoming virtual recluses. Until a few years ago, I thought the growing popularity of chatrooms would put a stop to social interaction, that computers would turn members of our society into a bunch of recluses. Without adequate storage to keep all the mass emails they get, these poor recluses will be forced to delete their email regularly, and as a result, be restricted from going out in the world and meeting real people! Other recluses of his day wrote in heightened language about the grand mountain settings of their retreats; their lives appear exotic and glamorous. The refusal of judges to give any interviews, under cover of antiquated ‘rules’ which a long forgotten lord chancellor had invented, compounded the sense that they were all, or almost all, malevolent recluses. Though not hermits or recluses, they do enjoy their own space to ruminate about what makes the world go round not to mention what makes people tick. There would be at least five hours of silent, seated meditation a day, but there was also a lot of interaction with the other recluses and with the group of meditators who would come for weekly lectures. The only way to counter this is for us to become a nation of paranoid recluses. She is clearly unhappy in a social order where money matters, where middle-aged men become recluses and run away from their families when they lose their salaries. In common with many other recluses, he doesn't appear to have been shy or uncomfortable in company. Parents, psychologists and politicians are still struggling to find ways to coax these recluses - who are predominantly male - out of their self-imposed exiles. All Encratites lived as groups of celibate male and female Christians, not as individual recluses, and they survived and grew by attracting converts. In an interview with a newspaper, he recounted the terrible state of those aged persons - between 85 and 95 years old - many of them living as recluses, rejecting contact with family and friends. I hope they won't be recluses and that they'll enjoy rural life and all that goes on in the community. There are other figures whose lives, the details of which are hidden or only partially known, captivate us: eccentrics, artists, the recluses. The series also looks at recent developments in the worlds of animation and British comedy, and tells the strange tale of how convicts, scholars and recluses brought the Oxford English Dictionary into being. He lives as a virtual recluse on a rural estate near Andover, Hampshire, but owns shooting estates in Rosedale, North Yorkshire and other parts of Northern England. Synonyms hermit, ascetic monk, nun Islam marabout, santon rare eremite, anchorite, anchoress, stylite, cenobite loner, solitary, lone wolf introvert, misanthrope rare solitudinarian, solitaire, solitarian, isolate adjective rɪˈkluːs archaic Favouring a solitary life. 〈古〉隐居的；遁世的 Example sentencesExamples He was a very secretive sort of individual, a very recluse sort of a person, and didn't have much to do with many of the people of this congregation. In my youth I was living in the capital, so that I was able to study in the Board of Astronomy; subsequently, I was instructed in mathematics by a recluse scholar. Derivatives reclusion noun rɪˈkluːʒ(ə)n The place is neither short of royalty nor is it strange to VIPs who have escaped the bright lights of the city to find reclusion and reflection about life. Example sentencesExamples His reclusion was so absolute that as recently as 2001 he avoided attending a wedding on the long shot that he might bump into a journalist that he scarcely even knew. How does one live a life of noble reclusion in the real world? In more recent years, Brando's brilliance as an actor was overshadowed by his eccentric reclusion, the turmoil in his family life and financial disputes. For the next five years, Ting plans to live in reclusion and focus on a new breakthrough in his art. Origin Middle English: from Old French reclus, past participle of reclure, from Latin recludere 'enclose', from re- 'again' + claudere 'to shut'. closet from Late Middle English: Although closet is now the usual word in American English for a cupboard or wardrobe, it originally referred to a small private room, such as one for study or prayer. This idea of privacy led to the sense of hiding a fact or keeping something secret, which goes right back to the beginning of the 17th century. A person who is hiding the fact that they are gay has been described as in the closet, or as a closet homosexual, since the late 1960s. To out someone, meaning to reveal that they are gay, is a shortened way of saying ‘to force them out of the closet’. Closet comes from close (Middle English), which both in the sense ‘near’ and ‘shut’ go back to Latin claudere ‘to shut’, also the source of recluse (Middle English), someone who shuts themselves away. Rhymes abstruse, abuse, adduce, Ballets Russes, Belarus, Bruce, burnous, caboose, charlotte russe, conduce, deduce, deuce, diffuse, douce, educe, excuse, goose, induce, introduce, juice, Larousse, loose, luce, misuse, moose, mousse, noose, obtuse, Palouse, produce, profuse, puce, reduce, Rousse, seduce, sluice, Sousse, spruce, traduce, truce, use, vamoose, Zeus Definition of recluse in US English: recluse noun A person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people. 隐士；遁世者 she has turned into a virtual recluse he's a bit of a recluse Example sentencesExamples He lives as a virtual recluse on a rural estate near Andover, Hampshire, but owns shooting estates in Rosedale, North Yorkshire and other parts of Northern England. In his time, ascetics and recluses again made an attempt to enter the Guru's flock. Socially inept recluses isolated in dimly lit rooms devoid of furniture and warmth, lacking friends and family, hating their jobs and life in general are the usual way in which single people are portrayed. In common with many other recluses, he doesn't appear to have been shy or uncomfortable in company. There are other figures whose lives, the details of which are hidden or only partially known, captivate us: eccentrics, artists, the recluses. Without adequate storage to keep all the mass emails they get, these poor recluses will be forced to delete their email regularly, and as a result, be restricted from going out in the world and meeting real people! She is clearly unhappy in a social order where money matters, where middle-aged men become recluses and run away from their families when they lose their salaries. The refusal of judges to give any interviews, under cover of antiquated ‘rules’ which a long forgotten lord chancellor had invented, compounded the sense that they were all, or almost all, malevolent recluses. In reaction to other philosophies of life the Taoists retreated and lived as recluses outside the milieu of society. All Encratites lived as groups of celibate male and female Christians, not as individual recluses, and they survived and grew by attracting converts. The only way to counter this is for us to become a nation of paranoid recluses. Though not hermits or recluses, they do enjoy their own space to ruminate about what makes the world go round not to mention what makes people tick. There would be at least five hours of silent, seated meditation a day, but there was also a lot of interaction with the other recluses and with the group of meditators who would come for weekly lectures. Until a few years ago, I thought the growing popularity of chatrooms would put a stop to social interaction, that computers would turn members of our society into a bunch of recluses. The majority had to severely restrict their lives by changing or abandoning work, curtailing all social activities, and becoming virtual recluses. The series also looks at recent developments in the worlds of animation and British comedy, and tells the strange tale of how convicts, scholars and recluses brought the Oxford English Dictionary into being. Parents, psychologists and politicians are still struggling to find ways to coax these recluses - who are predominantly male - out of their self-imposed exiles. In an interview with a newspaper, he recounted the terrible state of those aged persons - between 85 and 95 years old - many of them living as recluses, rejecting contact with family and friends. Other recluses of his day wrote in heightened language about the grand mountain settings of their retreats; their lives appear exotic and glamorous. I hope they won't be recluses and that they'll enjoy rural life and all that goes on in the community. Synonyms hermit, ascetic loner, solitary, lone wolf adjective archaic Favoring a solitary life. 〈古〉隐居的；遁世的 Example sentencesExamples In my youth I was living in the capital, so that I was able to study in the Board of Astronomy; subsequently, I was instructed in mathematics by a recluse scholar. He was a very secretive sort of individual, a very recluse sort of a person, and didn't have much to do with many of the people of this congregation. Origin Middle English: from Old French reclus, past participle of reclure, from Latin recludere ‘enclose’, from re- ‘again’ + claudere ‘to shut’.
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