solitaire

/ˌsɒləˈteə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈsɑːləter/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈsä-lə-ˌter/ (ame, mw)

solitaire — 名詞

  • solitairesingular
  • solitairesplural

1. any card game designed to be played by a single person, in which the player arra

1.名詞B1
釋義

單人紙牌

一個人遊玩的紙牌遊戲

any card game designed to be played by a single person, in which the player arranges or removes cards following set rules

例句

Yuto played solitaire on his phone during the long train ride to Kyoto.

Yuto 在前往京都的漫長火車旅途中，用手機玩單人紙牌。

Thandiwe taught her grandfather how to play solitaire with a real deck of cards.

Thandiwe 教她的祖父用真正的撲克牌玩單人紙牌。

同義詞
  • patience

    the standard British English name for the same family of card games

用法筆記

Covers several different one-player card games, not only the well-known Klondike variant. In British English, the game is usually called 'patience'.

常見錯誤

❌I played solitary on my phone.
✅I played solitaire on my phone.
💡'solitary' is an adjective meaning alone; the card game is 'solitaire'.

2. a ring or other piece of jewellery that holds just one gemstone, like a diamond,

2.名詞B2
釋義

單鑽飾品

僅鑲嵌單一寶石的戒指或飾品

a ring or other piece of jewellery that holds just one gemstone, like a diamond, rather than several smaller stones

例句

Dilan knelt down and held out a small velvet box with a solitaire diamond ring inside.

Dilan 單膝跪地，遞出一個小絨盒，裡頭是一只單鑽鑽戒。

collocation: solitaire diamond ring

Fatima chose a simple solitaire necklace with a single blue sapphire for her wedding day.

Fatima 為婚禮挑選了一條簡約的單鑽項鍊，上頭鑲有一顆藍寶石。

用法筆記

Often used attributively before jewellery nouns: 'solitaire ring', 'solitaire necklace', 'solitaire earrings'.

常見錯誤

❌She wore a solitary ring.
✅She wore a solitaire ring.
💡'solitary' means alone or isolated; 'solitaire' refers to a single-gem piece of jewellery.