solitaire
/ˌsɒlɪˈteə(r)/noun
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- mass noun a game for one player played by removing pegs one at a time from a board by jumping others over them from adjacent holes, the object being to be left with only one peg单人跳棋。
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- the card game patience单人纸牌戏。
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- a diamond or other gem set in a piece of jewellery by itself(镶嵌在珠宝首饰上的)独粒钻石(或宝石)。
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- a ring set with such a gem独粒宝石戒指。
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- either of two large extinct flightless birds related to the dodo, found on two of the Mascarene Islands until they were exterminated in the 18th century(18世纪前生存于马斯克林群岛中二岛上的)渡渡鸟状灭绝鸟。
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- Family Raphidae: the Rodriguez solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria), and the poorly known Réunion solitaire (Ornithaptera solitaria).孤鸽科:罗得里格斯孤鸽(拉丁名Pezophaps solitaria)和很少有人知道的留尼汪孤鸽(拉丁名Ornithaptera solitaria)。
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- a large American thrush with mainly grey plumage and a short bill美洲孤鸫。
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- Genus Myadestes, family Turdidae: several species.孤鸫属, 鸫科:数种。
词源
early 18th cent.: from French, from Latin solitarius (see SOLITARY).