a speech in a play in which a character, who is alone on the stage, speaks his or her thoughts; the act of speaking thoughts in this way 独白（的台词）；独白 Hamlet’s famous soliloquy, ‘To be or not to be…’ 哈姆雷特那段 “生存还是毁灭…” 的著名独白 the playwright’s use of soliloquy 这位剧作家对于独白的运用
Word OriginMiddle English: from late Latin soliloquium, from Latin solus ‘alone’ + loqui ‘speak’.