solitaire

solitaire
[ˈsɒlɪtɛː, ˌsɒlɪˈtɛː]
noun
  1. [mass noun]a game for one player played by removing pegs one at a time from a board by jumping others over them from adjacent holes, the object being to be left with only one peg
    单人跳棋
    ■the card game patience
    单人纸牌戏
  2. a diamond or other gem set in a piece of jewellery by itself
    (镶嵌在珠宝首饰上的)独粒钻石(或宝石)
    ■a ring set with such a gem
    独粒宝石戒指
  3. either of two large extinct flightless birds related to the dodo, found on two of the Mascarene Islands until they were exterminated in the 18th century
    渡渡鸟状绝灭鸟
  4. Family Raphidae: the Rodriguez solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria), and the poorly known Réunion solitaire (Ornithaptera solitaria)
    孤鸽科:罗得里格斯孤鸽(拉丁名Pezophaps solitaria)和很少有人知道的留尼汪渡渡鸟(拉丁名Ornithaptera solitaria)
  5. a large American thrush with mainly grey plumage and a short bill
    美洲孤鸫
  6. Genus Myadestes, family Turdidae: several species
    孤鸫属,鸫科:数种
语源
  1. early 18th cent.: from French, from Latin solitarius (see solitary)
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