lonely /ˈləunli/ adj. 孤独的；荒凉的，无人住的：a lonely house 无人居住的房子That is a lonely mountain village. 那是个荒凉的山村。［考句］I shall have a companion in the house after all these lonely years. 经过那么多年的孤独日子，我家中将有一个人做伴。