• adj. 單身的；獨(dú)自的；寂寞的；人跡稀少的
• n. (Lone)人名；(西、肯)洛內(nèi)；(丹)隆娜；(緬)倫

縮寫自alone,即all one. 由單獨(dú)的引申詞義孤獨(dú)的。拼寫比較mend,amend.

lone (adj.)

late 14c., "having no companion, solitary," shortening of alone (q.v.) by weakening of stress or else by misdivision of what is properly all one. The Lone Star in reference to "Texas" is first recorded 1843, from its flag. Lone wolf in the figurative sense is 1909, American English.

1. Ninety per cent of lone parent families are headed by mothers.

90%的單親家庭由母親持家。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. He was shot by a lone gunman.

他被一名獨(dú)行槍手射殺。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. a lone sailor crossing the Atlantic

獨(dú)自橫渡大西洋的人

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

4. A lone sea gull flew across the sky.

一只孤獨(dú)的海鷗在空中飛過(guò).

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. Rosy evening clouds and lone ducks fly together.

落霞與孤鶩齊飛.

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》