hermit: [13] Etymologically, a hermit is someone who lives alone in the desert. The word comes ultimately from Greek érēmos ‘solitary’, from which was derived erēmíā ‘desert, solitude’. Many of the early Christian hermits, notably Saint Anthony, lived not only alone but in the desert, so it was appropriate that the term erēmítēs was applied to them. It came into English via medieval Latin herēmīta and Old French hermite.
hermit (n.)
early 12c., "religious recluse," from Old French (h)eremite, from Late Latin ermita, from Greek eremites, literally "person of the desert," from eremia "desert, solitude," from eremos "uninhabited, empty, desolate, bereft," from PIE *ere- (2) "to separate" (cognates: Latin rete "net," Lithuanian retis "sieve"). Transferred sense of "person living in solitude" is from 1799. The hermit crab (1735) was so called for its solitary habits.
双语例句
1. Research has revealed him to be [ that he was ] a hermit.
调查结果表明他原是一位隐士.
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2. The cave was inhabited by a hermit.
以前曾有一个隐士居住在这个洞穴里.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. The hermit followed an ascetic life - style.
这个隐士过的是苦行生活.
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4. You'd have to do that if you was a hermit. "
你要是隐士,你也得这么做. ”
来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
5. He became a hermit after he was dismissed from office.