lone

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlonelone /ləʊn $ loʊn/ adjective [only before noun] 1 ALONEused to talk about the only person or thing in a place, or the only person or thing that does something SYN solitary A lone figure was standing at the bus stop. He was by no means a lone voice criticizing the government. a lone gunman the lone survivor of a shipwreck2 → lone mother/father/parent etc3 → lone wolfExamples from the Corpuslone• This was the time when the lone and often despairing voice of dissent was heard from the terraces.• Out of the stillness, a lone bird began to sing.• He suffered from post-traumatic stress because of a lone confrontation with eight youths two years earlier.• a lone figure in the snow• For start-ups it was the lone inventor in a garage.• A lone naked bulb dangled from the ceiling.• Councilman Dexter cast the lone "no" vote.• Sheila is a lone parent with two children, aged 13 and 15.• Family graves may occasionally receive a visit by a lone person shouldering a glum aura.• It never bothered her before to be a lone voice.lone figure• Suddenly, as if on cue, a lone figure appears on a horse.• But as I ploughed through the trough in the snow, a lone figure came weaving drunkenly towards me.• At last a lone figure staggered out, singing raucously as he swaggered in a drunken stupor.Origin lone (1300-1400) alone

单词	lone
释义	lone From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlonelone /ləʊn $ loʊn/ adjective [only before noun] 1 ALONEused to talk about the only person or thing in a place, or the only person or thing that does something SYN solitary A lone figure was standing at the bus stop. He was by no means a lone voice criticizing the government. a lone gunman the lone survivor of a shipwreck2 → lone mother/father/parent etc3 → lone wolfExamples from the Corpuslone• This was the time when the lone and often despairing voice of dissent was heard from the terraces.• Out of the stillness, a lone bird began to sing.• He suffered from post-traumatic stress because of a lone confrontation with eight youths two years earlier.• a lone figure in the snow• For start-ups it was the lone inventor in a garage.• A lone naked bulb dangled from the ceiling.• Councilman Dexter cast the lone "no" vote.• Sheila is a lone parent with two children, aged 13 and 15.• Family graves may occasionally receive a visit by a lone person shouldering a glum aura.• It never bothered her before to be a lone voice.lone figure• Suddenly, as if on cue, a lone figure appears on a horse.• But as I ploughed through the trough in the snow, a lone figure came weaving drunkenly towards me.• At last a lone figure staggered out, singing raucously as he swaggered in a drunken stupor.Origin lone (1300-1400) alone
随便看	in solitary confinement in solitude in some etc cases in some senses in some ways in some/many ways in some/many/most etc cases in somebody/something’s favour in somebody’s (infinite) wisdom in somebody’s (own) way in somebody’s care in somebody’s case in somebody’s clutches in somebody’s company in somebody’s diet in somebody’s direction in somebody’s employ in somebody’s estimation in somebody’s experience in somebody’s family in somebody’s favour in somebody’s heyday in somebody’s honour in somebody’s imagination in somebody’s keeping