1
- done or existing alone独自完成的; 独居的：
I live a pretty solitary life
我过着差不多是隐居的生活
tigers are essentially solitary.
老虎本质上是独居动物。
1.1
- (of a place) secluded or isolated（地方）偏僻的; 荒凉的：
solitary farmsteads.
偏僻的农庄。
1.2
- attrib. [often with negative] single; only单个的; 惟一的：
we have not a solitary shred of evidence to go on.
我们没有任何证据可以继续下去。
1.3
- (of a bird, mammal, or insect) living alone or in pairs, especially in contrast to related social forms（鸟, 哺乳动物, 昆虫）独居的; 成对生活的（尤指与群居相对）：
a solitary wasp.
一只独居的黄蜂。
1.4
- (of a flower or other part) borne singly（花或其他部分）单生的。
(pl. -ies)
1
- a recluse or hermit隐遁者; 隐士。
2
- informal short for SOLITARY CONFINEMENT.〈非正式〉SOLITARY CONFINEMENT的简称。
派生词
solitarily
adverbsolitariness
noun词源
Middle English: from Latin solitarius, from solus 'alone'.