lone
/ləʊn/adjective
attrib.
1- having no companions; solitary or single孤独无伴的; 孤独的, 单身一人的：
I approached a lone drinker across the bar
我向酒吧另一头的一个独饮者走去
we sheltered under a lone tree.
我们躲在一棵孤树下。
1.1
- lacking the support of others; isolated孤立无助的; 与外界隔绝的：
I am by no means a lone voice.
可不只有我一个人这么说。
1.2
- Brit. (of a parent) not having a partner to share the care of one's child or children〈英〉单亲的, 单身（养孩子）的：
poverty among lone mothers.
单身妈妈们的贫穷。
1.3
- poetic/literary (of a place) unfrequented and remote〈诗/文〉（地方）偏僻的, 人迹罕至的：
houses in lone rural settings.
人迹罕至的农舍。
词源
late Middle English: shortening of ALONE.