English-Thai Dictionary
solitary
ADJ โดดเดี่ยว ลำพัง alone lonely sole only attended social dod-diao
solitary
N ผู้ สันโดษ phu-san-dod
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SOLITARY
a.[L. solitarius, from solus, alone. ] 1. Living alone; not having company. Some of the more ferocious animals are solitary, seldom or never being found in flocks or herds. Thus the lion is called a solitary animal. Those rare and solitary, these in flocks.
2. Retired; remote from society; not having company, or not much frequented; as a solitary residence or place.
3. Lonely; destitute of company; as a solitary life.
4. Gloomy; still; dismal. Let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein. Job 3:7.
5. Single; as a solitary instance of vengeance; a solitary example.
6. In botany, separate; one only in a place; as a solitary stipule. A solitary flower is when there is only one to each peduncle; a solitary seed, when there is only one in a pericarp.
SOLITARY
n.One that lives alone of in solitude; a hermit; a recluse.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SOLITARY
Sol "i *ta *ry, a. Etym: [L. solitarius, fr. solus alone: cf. F.solitaire. See Sole, a., and cf. Solitaire. ]
1. Living or being by one's self; having no companion present; being without associates; single; alone; lonely. Those rare and solitary, these in flocks. Milton. Hie home unto my chamber, Where thou shalt find me, sad and solitary. Shak.
2. Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life. Satan. .. explores his solitary flight. Milton.
3. ot much visited or frequented remote from society; retired; lonely; as, a solitary residence or place.
4. Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert. How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people. Lam. i. 1.Let that night be solitary; let no joyful voice come therein. Job iii. 7.
5. Single; individual; sole; as, a solitary instance of vengeance; a solitary example.
6. (Bot. )
Defn: Not associated with others of the same kind. Solitary ant (Zoöl.), any solitary hymenopterous insect of the family Mutillidæ. The female of these insects is destitute of wings and has a powerful sting. The male is winged and resembles a wasp. Called also spider ant. -- Solitary bee (Zoöl.), any species of bee which does not form communities. -- Solitary sandpiper (Zoöl.), an American tattler (Totanus solitarius ). -- Solitary snipe (Zoöl.), the great snipe. [Prov. Eng. ] -- Solitary thrush (Zoöl.) the starling. [Prov. Eng. ]
SOLITARY
SOLITARY Sol "i *ta *ry, n.
Defn: One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret; a hermit; a recluse.
New American Oxford Dictionary
solitary
sol i tar y |ˈsäləˌterē ˈsɑləˌtɛri | ▶adjective done or existing alone: I live a pretty solitary life | tigers are essentially solitary. • (of a place ) secluded or isolated: solitary farmsteads. • [ attrib. often with negative ] single; only: we have not a solitary shred of evidence to go on. • (of a bird, mammal, or insect ) living alone or in pairs, esp. in contrast to related social forms: a solitary wasp. • (of a flower or other part ) borne singly. ▶noun ( pl. solitaries ) 1 a recluse or hermit. 2 informal short for solitary confinement. DERIVATIVES sol i tar i ly |-rəlē |adverb, sol i tar i ness noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Latin solitarius, from solus ‘alone. ’
solitary confinement
sol i tar y con fine ment |ˈsɑləˌtɛri kənˈfaɪnmənt | ▶noun the isolation of a prisoner in a separate cell as a punishment.
solitary wave
sol i tar y wave ▶noun another term for soliton.
Oxford Dictionary
solitary
soli |tary |ˈsɒlɪt (ə )ri | ▶adjective 1 done or existing alone: I live a pretty solitary life | tigers are essentially solitary. • (of a place ) secluded or isolated: solitary farmsteads. • (of a bird, mammal, or insect ) living alone or in pairs, especially in contrast to related social forms: a solitary wasp. • (of a flower or other part ) borne singly. 2 [ attrib. ] [ often with negative ] single; only: we have not a solitary shred of evidence to go on. ▶noun ( pl. solitaries ) 1 a recluse or hermit. 2 informal short for solitary confinement. DERIVATIVES solitarily adverb, solitariness noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Latin solitarius, from solus ‘alone ’.
solitary confinement
soli |tary con |fine |ment ▶noun the isolation of a prisoner in a separate cell as a punishment.
solitary wave
soli |tary wave ▶noun another term for soliton.
American Oxford Thesaurus
solitary
solitary adjective 1 a solitary life: lonely, companionless, unaccompanied, by oneself, on one's own, alone, friendless; antisocial, unsociable, withdrawn, reclusive, cloistered, hermitic, incommunicado, lonesome. ANTONYMS sociable. 2 solitary farmsteads: isolated, remote, lonely, out of the way, in the back of beyond, outlying, off the beaten track /path, godforsaken, obscure, inaccessible, cutoff; secluded, private, sequestered, desolate, in the backwoods; informal in the sticks, in the middle of nowhere, in the boondocks, in the back woods; literary lone. ANTONYMS accessible. 3 a solitary piece of evidence: single, lone, sole, unique; only, one, individual; odd.
Oxford Thesaurus
solitary
solitary adjective 1 I live a pretty solitary life: lonely, companionless, unaccompanied, by oneself /itself, on one's /its own, (all ) alone, friendless; antisocial, unsociable, withdrawn, reclusive, cloistered, introverted, hermitic; N. Amer. lonesome. ANTONYMS sociable. 2 solitary farmsteads were sparingly dotted about: isolated, remote, out of the way, outlying, off the beaten track, in the depths of …, hard to find, lonely, in the back of beyond, in the hinterlands, off the map, in the middle of nowhere, godforsaken, obscure, inaccessible, cut-off, tucked away, unreachable; faraway, far-flung; secluded, hidden, concealed, private, unfrequented, unvisited, undisturbed, sequestered, desolate; N. Amer. in the backwoods, lonesome; S. African in the backveld, in the platteland; Austral. /NZ in the backblocks, in the booay; informal unget-at-able, in the sticks; N. Amer. informal jerkwater, in the tall timbers, in the boondocks; Austral. /NZ informal Barcoo, beyond the black stump; literary lone; archaic unapproachable. ANTONYMS accessible, busy. 3 we have not a solitary shred of evidence to go on: single, lone, sole, unique, only, one, individual; odd. ▶noun at school he remained a solitary: loner, lone wolf, introvert, recluse, hermit; rare eremite, anchorite, anchoress, stylite, cenobite.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
solitary
sol i tar y /sɑ́lətèri |sɔ́lət (ə )ri /形容詞 more ～; most ～1 比較なし 〖名詞 の前で 〗a. 1人 [1つ ]だけの ; 単独の , 単独行動をする 〈人 動物 物など 〉; 〘植 〙単生の ; 〘動 〙群居しない ▸ There was a small solitary lamp in the room .部屋には小さなランプが1つだけあった ▸ take a solitary walk in the woods 森の中を1人で散歩する b. 唯一の , たった1人 [1つ ]の (…でさえ ) (!not, withoutなどの否定語と共に; また疑問文で ) ▸ leave without a solitary word 一言も言わずに去る 2 〈人 生活などが 〉孤独な , 寂しい ; 〈人などが 〉孤独を愛する ; 人里離れた, 〈場所などが 〉寂しい ▸ feel solitary 寂しく感じる ▸ enjoy the solitary life 孤独な生活を楽しむ ▸ a solitary village 人里離れた村落 名詞 複 -ies 1 C 独居者 ; 隠者 .2 U ｟くだけて ｠独房監禁 (solitary confinement ).sol i tar i ly /sɑ̀lətér (ə )li |sɔ́lət (ə )r (ə )li /副詞 ひとり寂しく, ひとりぼっちで ; 単独で .s ó l i t à r i ness 名詞
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