reclusive

/noun rek-loos, ri-kloos; adjective ri-kloos, rek-loos/US // noun ˈrɛk lus, rɪˈklus; adjective rɪˈklus, ˈrɛk lus //UK // (rɪˈkluːs) //

隐居,孤僻,孤独的,孤僻的

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
- : Also incluse. a religious voluntary immured in a cave, hut, or the like, or one remaining within a cell for life.

adj.形容词 adjective

1
re·cluse [ri-kloos, rek-loos] /rɪˈklus, ˈrɛk lus/ .Also re·clu·sive .
- : shut off or apart from the world; living in seclusion, often for religious reasons.
- : characterized by seclusion; solitary.

adj.unsociable

Synonyms

In the last decades of his life he became reclusive and bellicose.
The reclusive—and controversial—filmmaker vowed to never speak publicly after his ‘Nazi’ scandal at Cannes.
But over the years, cloistered in their mountain keep, complete with moat, Bender and Patton became ever more reclusive.
It opens with Hannah and her reclusive boyfriend Adam having sex, in a scene so disturbing that it felt close to abuse.
How do you deal with the flurry of invitations and requests that fills your mailbox—especially when you are notoriously reclusive?
Some tended to be so over-reclusive that they almost missed recognition; others were hail-fellow-well-met in any company.
Perhaps I thought so reclusive a man as he even then appeared would never come at all.
"Satish became very reclusive after his wife's death," Bishnu continued.

/noun rek-loos, ri-kloos; adjective ri-kloos, rek-loos/US // noun ˈrɛk lus, rɪˈklus; adjective rɪˈklus, ˈrɛk lus //UK // (rɪˈkluːs) //

隐居,孤僻,孤独的,孤僻的

n.名词 noun

1
- : a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
- : Also incluse. a religious voluntary immured in a cave, hut, or the like, or one remaining within a cell for life.

adj.形容词 adjective

1
re·cluse [ri-kloos, rek-loos] /rɪˈklus, ˈrɛk lus/ .Also re·clu·sive .
- : shut off or apart from the world; living in seclusion, often for religious reasons.
- : characterized by seclusion; solitary.

adj.unsociable

Synonyms

In the last decades of his life he became reclusive and bellicose.
The reclusive—and controversial—filmmaker vowed to never speak publicly after his ‘Nazi’ scandal at Cannes.
But over the years, cloistered in their mountain keep, complete with moat, Bender and Patton became ever more reclusive.
It opens with Hannah and her reclusive boyfriend Adam having sex, in a scene so disturbing that it felt close to abuse.
How do you deal with the flurry of invitations and requests that fills your mailbox—especially when you are notoriously reclusive?
Some tended to be so over-reclusive that they almost missed recognition; others were hail-fellow-well-met in any company.
Perhaps I thought so reclusive a man as he even then appeared would never come at all.
"Satish became very reclusive after his wife's death," Bishnu continued.