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单词 solo
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Definition of solo in English:

solo

adjective & adverb ˈsəʊləʊ
  • 1For or done by one person alone; unaccompanied.

    单人完成的事情,尤指

    as adjective a solo album
    as adverb she'd spent most of her life flying solo

    她把一生绝大部分时间都花在单独飞行上。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He's promoting his new solo acoustic album Going Somewhere, but he will also play a few old favourites.
    • Is it time for a solo female anchor of one of these newscasts?
    • When you finally reached the level of flying the plane solo, the satisfaction was incredible.
    • Several unhappy attempts at solo careers later, the hatchet has finally been buried, for a second album.
    • Ray went solo some years back and has carved out his own niche in the market playing shows in many parts of the country.
    • Is the work as satisfying as your more personal, solo artistic projects?
    • He'll pilot the sub solo - to depths where humans aren't meant to go.
    • The solo acoustic worked wonders for him, as he seemed to enjoy doing magic tricks on his guitar.
    • When the rest of the boys discovered a solo piano version from 1967, they simply layered it over the original backing track and added choirs of eerily reverbed vocals.
    • His latest solo piano album was nominated for five Grammy Awards, and the festival will feature some of the work for which he is best known.
    • There is a bitter-sweet edge to Liam Browne's preparations for his first-ever solo art exhibition.
    • And last week he added to his wacky resume by becoming the first man to fly an aircraft solo around the world without stopping or refueling.
    • Imagine what would have happened to an album of double-digit minute solo piano improvisations in the hands of one with lesser talent.
    • When she went solo she changed her name to Deborah, but found the fans only wanted Blondie.
    • In 1996, Nyolo released a successful solo acoustic album Tribu, followed by Multiculti later on.
    • When I'm solo I have more time with each sound, I can get a lot more out of each sound.
    • He had become the youngest person to complete a solo transatlantic crossing at 12.50 GMT on Sunday when he was still 15.
    • Her first solo public exhibition, in 1965, was at a theatre in Prague, and after that she began to be included in exhibitions of ‘naive’ artists.
    • If some of those churches embrace a policy of isolation then they should do it solo and not try to recruit others to follow suit.
    • Wermuth was the first artist to produce a solo textile exhibition in Bulgaria in 1963.
    Synonyms
    unaccompanied, single-handed, companionless, unescorted, unattended, unchaperoned, independent, lonely, solitary
    alone, all alone, on one's own, by oneself/itself, without companions, in a solitary state
    archaic single, sole
    unaccompanied, alone, all alone, on one's own, single-handed, single-handedly, by oneself/itself, without companions, companionless, unescorted, unattended, unchaperoned, unaided, by one's own efforts, independently, under one's own steam, in a solitary state
    1. 1.1as adjective (of a motorbike) without a sidecar.
      没有跨斗的摩托车
      a solo machine

      没有跨斗的机车。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Colin Philpot, a former Sidecar GP pilot from Burnham, kept the traditional solo riders toes with consistent high finishes.
      • He also competes in hill climb events on a 1947 Vincent 1000 cc solo machine and chalked up wins at Saltburn, Dalby Forest and Scarborough.
      • There were some, without being sexist, there were some female solo riders, which was very impressive, to be honest.
nounPlural solos ˈsəʊləʊˈsoʊloʊ
  • 1A piece of vocal or instrumental music or a dance, or a part or passage in one, for one performer.

    独唱;独奏;独舞;独角戏

    the opening bassoon solo is relatively bland
    Petipa often left the danseur to arrange his own brief solo
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This also affects the soli which all require an absolutely clean portamento and a beautifully crafted rubato.
    • The choreography demands very strong technique, much coordination, solos, duet dances.
    • Arpino's great choreographic imagination was at work throughout the suite of dances - solos, pas de deux, pas de trois, etc.
    • The jazz inflected vocal and instrumental solos could have been written by Weill.
    • She was working in a chorus line and also doing an eccentric solo - a fan dance on pointe.
    • We had many elaborate presentations - clarinet concertos, violin solos, flute duets and saxophone trios.
    • Boasting more than 12,000 total titles, the Willis catalog also includes everything from band and orchestra music and guitar solos, to operettas and manuscript paper.
    • The ex-punk, classically outlandish Clark gave Trevitt a superb solo to music of Erik Satie, titled Satie Stud.
    • Rasta Thomas integrated himself beautifully into the ensemble and danced two respectable solos.
    • Then there is the weird idea of having the entire corps lightly but sappily wave their hands in time to the music when anyone dances a solo.
    • Lifar's retelling of the Icarus myth is essentially a solo danced against the choral movement of a group.
    • The Song Book solos are little musical epigrams, which happen to survey popular Twenties piano styles from an often-ironic distance.
    • His sectional verse anthems incorporate solos, duets, trios, and passages for organ alone.
    • The festival includes classes for choirs, vocal solos, duets, groups, pianoforte, strings, woodwind, guitar ensembles, composition, brass and keyboards.
    • During the 96th festival there have been classes for choirs, vocal solos, duets, groups, strings, woodwind, brass and keyboard players.
    • He published accordion music and French instrumental solos.
    • American Ballet Theatre principal Susan Jaffe set the tone for an evening of extraordinary dance with her opening solo as the Dying Swan.
    • The three-hour service - without flowers, rings, solos, or instrumental music - is similar to an Amish worship service.
    • A variety of musical talent will be performing, including rising star James Loynes, with guests performing Lloyd Webber, piano solos and popular music.
    • Then followed skit, vocal solo, instrumental solo, group dance and group music competitions.
  • 2An unaccompanied flight by a pilot in an aircraft.

    单(独)飞(行)

    his first ride in his aircraft would also be his first solo
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Most first solos are no more than a couple or three circles around the airport traffic pattern, but it's a big moment in a student pilot's training.
    • Starting bright and early in the morning, he guaranteed to have you up for your first solo by sundown.
    • On my first solo I went out and jumped fences in a cotton field and chased field workers.
    • On Dec. 30, 1982, I was ready for my final flight of the year: the navigation solo.
    • Is it possible to turn a paraglider pilot into an ATOS pilot in thirteen flights, and on their fourth solo?
  • 3mass noun A card game resembling whist in which the players make bids and the highest bidder plays against the others in an attempt to win a specified number of tricks.

    单人纸牌戏,惠斯特纸牌戏(叫牌最高的玩家对抗其余几家,以赢得特定圈数的牌)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Solo whist is a plain-trick game with trumps and bidding, closely related to the more elaborate and now obsolete game of Boston.
    1. 3.1count noun A bid by which a player undertakes to win five tricks in solo whist.
      惠斯特纸牌戏中为赢五圈牌的叫牌
      Example sentencesExamples
      • For an Ace solo, a five card suit to A A 10 will normally capture over 60 points.
      • It is also common for the scores to increase for higher solos.
      • In a solo contract, except for solo 13, the bidder receives 1 unit plus 1 per overtrick from each of the opponents when making the number of tricks in the contract.
      • If a player bids prop and everyone else passes, the proposing player has the choice of converting the prop to a solo or any higher bid.
      • Quite often, these bids are used to outbid other contracts, such as solo 6, vingel 8 and tringel 9.
  • 4A motorbike without a sidecar.

    没有跨斗的摩托车

    50 races—solos and sidecars—should make for a thrilling showdown
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I still believe that speedway solos are the most exciting form of motorsport to watch, and incredibly difficult.
    • He had raced solos for several years and had ridden as a passenger since 1979.
verbsoloing, soloed, soloes ˈsəʊləʊˈsoʊloʊ
[no object]
  • 1Perform an unaccompanied piece of music or a part or passage in one.

    独奏;单独表演

    you're in danger of forgetting that you're accompanying rather than soloing
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The teaching approach focuses on two areas: comping and soloing.
    • Like Orthrelm, their songs are based on incredibly complex sections of guitar soloing: long runs of notes falling over each other in an attempt to be the first lemming off the cliff.
    • I noticed that he doesn't look at his hands much, particularly when soloing.
    • Why should it be just aimless jamming and soloing, which you see in bands like The Grateful Dead.
    • Frisell often takes a back seat, echoing the melody lines or soloing in spare, minimalist phrases that resolve in undulating chords.
    • All the Brown siblings have soloed with various symphonies, and collectively, the Brown children have had thirteen solo appearances with the Utah Symphony.
    • His ragged, yet soulful voice is a perfect fit; his guitar playing, both slide and lead soloing, complements Weir's aggressive rhythm support and Jimmy Herring's fluid leads.
    • So it's really a kora album, with Ali only occasionally soloing or adding the odd spoken word comment.
    • It slides almost seamlessly into ‘Flute Thang’, which lives up to its name with extensive flute soloing over piano arpeggios and short guitar bursts.
    • You can hear Michael Jackson soloing on ‘Morning Glow’ and then warbling ‘Corner of the Sky’ with his brothers.
    • When he wasn't soloing there was too much vamping and unimaginative and predictable harmonic progressions.
    • He also encouraged the nine supporting vocalists to take turns soloing throughout the set.
    • His jovial keyboard soloing hardly makes up for the lack of any true musical prowess.
    • The event, in which competitors show their enthusiasm for rock music by strumming, thrashing, soloing and generally cutting loose on an imaginary electric guitar, has attracted competitors from around the world.
    • No one part of the mix overpowered the other, even when band members started soloing.
    • Jon's suite, which makes up the entirety of the original Concerto record, is nothing better than a bad mixture of hard rock soloing and a rather childish idea of classical music.
    • Jeffery soloed with the Plano Symphony Orchestra and the Southern Methodist University Meadows Symphony Orchestra.
    • Thus, a pianist can practice comping or soloing in the bebop style by turning down the keyboard channel and then playing along with the other instruments.
    • Yet others are concerned with the attainment of skills in soloing.
    • Tenorman Marsh, who died while soloing on stage in 1987 at the age of 60, was one of the great improvisers in jazz history.
  • 2Fly an aircraft unaccompanied.

    单独飞行

    she had been flying for twelve years and had soloed on her seventeenth birthday
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Most of the AAF cadets soloed in three or four hours.
    • He flew a total of 56.9 hours and had still not soloed.
    • At Winslow, Arizona - I got instruction in a Commonwealth Skyranger and moved on to solo in a Champ.
    • At 10 to 25 cents an hour, it took me about two years to have the money to log the eight hours necessary to solo at age 16.
    • After eight hours of instruction, he soloed - on floats.
    • Four weeks later, I soloed a single-control Douglas B - 23.
    • The Stearman was fun to fly and I soloed in eight and a half hours.
    • However, the commander told me that I had not soloed in ten hours and he was going to wash me out.
    • I soloed in a Jenny in 1923, and it was equipped with glowing instruments.
    • Within two years he started taking flying lessons and soloed on 15 August 1937 in a 40-hp Jaylor Cub.
    • There was a certain amount of trauma about if you would solo and when.
    • He soloed in an airplane before getting his driver's license, but his real obsession was designing and building model planes.
    • He and his brother, Randy, both soloed on the same day.
    • I don't recommend using a PC simulator until after you solo.
    • After a few weeks of flying with an instructor, I soloed in a Stearman PT - 17 Kaydet.
    • The men are college students from all over the USA who had soloed in Civil Pilot Training and were chosen for advanced training on floats.
    • Dan soloed in a sailplane at 14, and when he was old enough, moved onto powered aircraft.
    • I soloed in 7.4-hr and was the first of my group to go solo.
    • Originally from Waco, Texas, he learned to fly with his father and soloed at age 14.
    • The Navy said we should solo after eight hours of dual.
    1. 2.1 Undertake solo climbing.
      单人攀登
      I was back next day with two friends, soloing again while they roped up
      I soloed back up it in the last light
      with object he did not solo the South Face of Lhotse
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Mike, Mark and Doug where soloing up to the start of the second pitch of Greenwall via Banana then traversing right.
      • It is only 50 or 60 feet to the start of the climb and before the Frenchies know what is happening, we are soloing up the first pitch.
      • You can get away with one cordalette per station when soloing.
      • By the end of 2002, I had climbed the fourteeners, and soloed 36 of them in winter.
      • We ate some lunch, played on the top rope, and soloed around the lower sections of a few climbs before yanking our gear and heading for the Mad Moose.

Origin

Late 17th century (as a musical term): from Italian, from Latin solus 'alone'.

Rhymes

bolo, criollo, polo, tombolo

Definition of solo in US English:

solo

adverb & adjectiveˈsōlōˈsoʊloʊ
  • For or done by one person alone; unaccompanied.

    单人完成的事情,尤指

    as adjective a solo album
    as adverb she'd spent most of her life flying solo

    她把一生绝大部分时间都花在单独飞行上。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If some of those churches embrace a policy of isolation then they should do it solo and not try to recruit others to follow suit.
    • Ray went solo some years back and has carved out his own niche in the market playing shows in many parts of the country.
    • Is the work as satisfying as your more personal, solo artistic projects?
    • When I'm solo I have more time with each sound, I can get a lot more out of each sound.
    • He had become the youngest person to complete a solo transatlantic crossing at 12.50 GMT on Sunday when he was still 15.
    • When she went solo she changed her name to Deborah, but found the fans only wanted Blondie.
    • Wermuth was the first artist to produce a solo textile exhibition in Bulgaria in 1963.
    • In 1996, Nyolo released a successful solo acoustic album Tribu, followed by Multiculti later on.
    • Her first solo public exhibition, in 1965, was at a theatre in Prague, and after that she began to be included in exhibitions of ‘naive’ artists.
    • When you finally reached the level of flying the plane solo, the satisfaction was incredible.
    • He's promoting his new solo acoustic album Going Somewhere, but he will also play a few old favourites.
    • The solo acoustic worked wonders for him, as he seemed to enjoy doing magic tricks on his guitar.
    • And last week he added to his wacky resume by becoming the first man to fly an aircraft solo around the world without stopping or refueling.
    • There is a bitter-sweet edge to Liam Browne's preparations for his first-ever solo art exhibition.
    • Several unhappy attempts at solo careers later, the hatchet has finally been buried, for a second album.
    • When the rest of the boys discovered a solo piano version from 1967, they simply layered it over the original backing track and added choirs of eerily reverbed vocals.
    • His latest solo piano album was nominated for five Grammy Awards, and the festival will feature some of the work for which he is best known.
    • Imagine what would have happened to an album of double-digit minute solo piano improvisations in the hands of one with lesser talent.
    • He'll pilot the sub solo - to depths where humans aren't meant to go.
    • Is it time for a solo female anchor of one of these newscasts?
    Synonyms
    unaccompanied, single-handed, companionless, unescorted, unattended, unchaperoned, independent, lonely, solitary
    unaccompanied, alone, all alone, on one's own, single-handed, single-handedly, by itself, by oneself, without companions, companionless, unescorted, unattended, unchaperoned, unaided, by one's own efforts, independently, under one's own steam, in a solitary state
nounˈsōlōˈsoʊloʊ
  • 1A piece of vocal or instrumental music or a dance, or a part or passage in one, for one performer.

    独唱;独奏;独舞;独角戏

    Example sentencesExamples
    • His sectional verse anthems incorporate solos, duets, trios, and passages for organ alone.
    • The ex-punk, classically outlandish Clark gave Trevitt a superb solo to music of Erik Satie, titled Satie Stud.
    • During the 96th festival there have been classes for choirs, vocal solos, duets, groups, strings, woodwind, brass and keyboard players.
    • The Song Book solos are little musical epigrams, which happen to survey popular Twenties piano styles from an often-ironic distance.
    • The jazz inflected vocal and instrumental solos could have been written by Weill.
    • Then there is the weird idea of having the entire corps lightly but sappily wave their hands in time to the music when anyone dances a solo.
    • The festival includes classes for choirs, vocal solos, duets, groups, pianoforte, strings, woodwind, guitar ensembles, composition, brass and keyboards.
    • This also affects the soli which all require an absolutely clean portamento and a beautifully crafted rubato.
    • The three-hour service - without flowers, rings, solos, or instrumental music - is similar to an Amish worship service.
    • American Ballet Theatre principal Susan Jaffe set the tone for an evening of extraordinary dance with her opening solo as the Dying Swan.
    • Lifar's retelling of the Icarus myth is essentially a solo danced against the choral movement of a group.
    • He published accordion music and French instrumental solos.
    • Boasting more than 12,000 total titles, the Willis catalog also includes everything from band and orchestra music and guitar solos, to operettas and manuscript paper.
    • We had many elaborate presentations - clarinet concertos, violin solos, flute duets and saxophone trios.
    • She was working in a chorus line and also doing an eccentric solo - a fan dance on pointe.
    • Arpino's great choreographic imagination was at work throughout the suite of dances - solos, pas de deux, pas de trois, etc.
    • Then followed skit, vocal solo, instrumental solo, group dance and group music competitions.
    • The choreography demands very strong technique, much coordination, solos, duet dances.
    • Rasta Thomas integrated himself beautifully into the ensemble and danced two respectable solos.
    • A variety of musical talent will be performing, including rising star James Loynes, with guests performing Lloyd Webber, piano solos and popular music.
  • 2An unaccompanied flight by a pilot in an aircraft.

    单(独)飞(行)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Starting bright and early in the morning, he guaranteed to have you up for your first solo by sundown.
    • On my first solo I went out and jumped fences in a cotton field and chased field workers.
    • Is it possible to turn a paraglider pilot into an ATOS pilot in thirteen flights, and on their fourth solo?
    • On Dec. 30, 1982, I was ready for my final flight of the year: the navigation solo.
    • Most first solos are no more than a couple or three circles around the airport traffic pattern, but it's a big moment in a student pilot's training.
  • 3A card game in which one player plays against the others in an attempt to win a specified number of tricks.

    单人纸牌戏,惠斯特纸牌戏(叫牌最高的玩家对抗其余几家,以赢得特定圈数的牌)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Solo whist is a plain-trick game with trumps and bidding, closely related to the more elaborate and now obsolete game of Boston.
verbˈsōlōˈsoʊloʊ
[no object]
  • 1Perform an unaccompanied piece of music or a part or passage in one.

    独奏;单独表演

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Why should it be just aimless jamming and soloing, which you see in bands like The Grateful Dead.
    • Tenorman Marsh, who died while soloing on stage in 1987 at the age of 60, was one of the great improvisers in jazz history.
    • I noticed that he doesn't look at his hands much, particularly when soloing.
    • His jovial keyboard soloing hardly makes up for the lack of any true musical prowess.
    • All the Brown siblings have soloed with various symphonies, and collectively, the Brown children have had thirteen solo appearances with the Utah Symphony.
    • The teaching approach focuses on two areas: comping and soloing.
    • The event, in which competitors show their enthusiasm for rock music by strumming, thrashing, soloing and generally cutting loose on an imaginary electric guitar, has attracted competitors from around the world.
    • Thus, a pianist can practice comping or soloing in the bebop style by turning down the keyboard channel and then playing along with the other instruments.
    • Like Orthrelm, their songs are based on incredibly complex sections of guitar soloing: long runs of notes falling over each other in an attempt to be the first lemming off the cliff.
    • So it's really a kora album, with Ali only occasionally soloing or adding the odd spoken word comment.
    • You can hear Michael Jackson soloing on ‘Morning Glow’ and then warbling ‘Corner of the Sky’ with his brothers.
    • No one part of the mix overpowered the other, even when band members started soloing.
    • His ragged, yet soulful voice is a perfect fit; his guitar playing, both slide and lead soloing, complements Weir's aggressive rhythm support and Jimmy Herring's fluid leads.
    • He also encouraged the nine supporting vocalists to take turns soloing throughout the set.
    • It slides almost seamlessly into ‘Flute Thang’, which lives up to its name with extensive flute soloing over piano arpeggios and short guitar bursts.
    • Yet others are concerned with the attainment of skills in soloing.
    • Jon's suite, which makes up the entirety of the original Concerto record, is nothing better than a bad mixture of hard rock soloing and a rather childish idea of classical music.
    • Jeffery soloed with the Plano Symphony Orchestra and the Southern Methodist University Meadows Symphony Orchestra.
    • Frisell often takes a back seat, echoing the melody lines or soloing in spare, minimalist phrases that resolve in undulating chords.
    • When he wasn't soloing there was too much vamping and unimaginative and predictable harmonic progressions.
  • 2Fly an aircraft unaccompanied.

    单独飞行

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I don't recommend using a PC simulator until after you solo.
    • He and his brother, Randy, both soloed on the same day.
    • I soloed in a Jenny in 1923, and it was equipped with glowing instruments.
    • At 10 to 25 cents an hour, it took me about two years to have the money to log the eight hours necessary to solo at age 16.
    • Most of the AAF cadets soloed in three or four hours.
    • The Stearman was fun to fly and I soloed in eight and a half hours.
    • He soloed in an airplane before getting his driver's license, but his real obsession was designing and building model planes.
    • At Winslow, Arizona - I got instruction in a Commonwealth Skyranger and moved on to solo in a Champ.
    • There was a certain amount of trauma about if you would solo and when.
    • I soloed in 7.4-hr and was the first of my group to go solo.
    • The Navy said we should solo after eight hours of dual.
    • After eight hours of instruction, he soloed - on floats.
    • Originally from Waco, Texas, he learned to fly with his father and soloed at age 14.
    • Four weeks later, I soloed a single-control Douglas B - 23.
    • Dan soloed in a sailplane at 14, and when he was old enough, moved onto powered aircraft.
    • Within two years he started taking flying lessons and soloed on 15 August 1937 in a 40-hp Jaylor Cub.
    • The men are college students from all over the USA who had soloed in Civil Pilot Training and were chosen for advanced training on floats.
    • After a few weeks of flying with an instructor, I soloed in a Stearman PT - 17 Kaydet.
    • However, the commander told me that I had not soloed in ten hours and he was going to wash me out.
    • He flew a total of 56.9 hours and had still not soloed.
    1. 2.1 Undertake solo climbing.
      单人攀登
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Mike, Mark and Doug where soloing up to the start of the second pitch of Greenwall via Banana then traversing right.
      • By the end of 2002, I had climbed the fourteeners, and soloed 36 of them in winter.
      • You can get away with one cordalette per station when soloing.
      • It is only 50 or 60 feet to the start of the climb and before the Frenchies know what is happening, we are soloing up the first pitch.
      • We ate some lunch, played on the top rope, and soloed around the lower sections of a few climbs before yanking our gear and heading for the Mad Moose.

Origin

Late 17th century (as a musical term): from Italian, from Latin solus ‘alone’.

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