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单词 lone
释义 lone
\ˈlōn\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, by shortening (resulting from incorrect division of alon, alone alone as a lon, a lone) of alon, alone — more at alone
1.
 a. : having no company : lonesome : solitary
  < here and there a lone traveler could be seen walking up the winding roads — H.A.Chippendale >
  < a lone horseman carried the mail — American Guide Series: New Hampshire >
 b. : preferring solitude : disposed to isolation
  < the hermit, the lone soul, does not build but seeks a cave — John Dewey >
  < a lone wolf >
 c. : having no husband : being unmarried or widowed
  < a big city is full of lone women >
2. : only, sole
 < constitutes the lone industry of the community — American Guide Series: Vermont >
 < the annual picnic in many companies furnishes the lone contact with employees' families — Dun's Review >
 < the Lone Star State >
3. : situated by itself : isolated, remote
 < the lone oak tree against the sky — Howard Troyer >
 < this lone outpost on the keys — American Guide Series: Florida >
Synonyms: see alone, single

- one's lone
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