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单词 lonesome
释义 lone·some
I. \ˈlōnsəm\ adjective
Etymology: lone + -some
1.
 a. : being in a state of loneliness : affected by sadness or dejection as a result of lack of companionship or separation from others
  < was lonesome for the female society of my kind — W.A.White >
  < enjoyed being abroad but was lonesome for his family >
 b. : causing a feeling of loneliness
  < how lonesome and silent the house had seemed — Gretchen Finletter >
2.
 a. : remote, unfrequented
  < like one that on a lonesome road doth walk in fear and dread — S.T.Coleridge >
 b. : lacking companionship : separated from others of its kind : lone
  < had no industries, few towns of any size, no fences, no roads, and only a lonesome railroad line or two — Newsweek >
  < two cruisers ahead and to port of the carrier, and one lonesome destroyer on her starboard — C.A.Lockwood >
Synonyms: see alone
II. noun
(-s)
: self
 < be nice if we had the patch all to our lonesomes — Wallace Stegner >
 < working by his lonesome in the fields — Mary Webb >
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