English Dictionary

recluse

/ɹɪˈkluːs/

noun

a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit / (obsolete) the place where a recluse dwells; a place of isolation or seclusion

The recluse lived alone in a small cabin in the woods.

意味（1）

a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit

The recluse in the fable kept a cat to keep off the rats, and then a cow to feed the cat with milk, and a man to keep the cow and so on. My ambitions also grew like the family of the recluse.

意味（2）

(obsolete) the place where a recluse dwells; a place of isolation or seclusion

that day of appearance taken out of the recluse and committed to safe custody

意味（3）

(US) a brown recluse spider