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.
雙語例句
1. Ninety per cent of lone parent families are headed by mothers.
90%的單親家庭由母親持家。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He was shot by a lone gunman.
他被一名獨行槍手射殺。
來自柯林斯例句
3. a lone sailor crossing the Atlantic
獨自橫渡大西洋的人
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
4. A lone sea gull flew across the sky.
一只孤獨的海鷗在空中飛過.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
5. Rosy evening clouds and lone ducks fly together.