- [uncountable] (British English)
a game for one person in which you remove pieces from their places on a special board after moving other pieces over them. The aim is to finish with only one piece left on the board. 单人跳棋 - (North American English) (British English patience)[uncountable]
a card game for only one player 单人纸牌游戏 - [countable]
a single precious stone; a piece of jewellery with a single precious stone in it 独粒宝石；独粒宝石首饰 a solitaire ring 单石戒指
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French, from Latin solitarius, from solus ‘alone’.