A hermit is someone who lives alone and keeps life very simple.

A hermit隱士 is someone是一種人 who lives alone獨自生活 and keeps life very simple把生活過得很簡單。

In the old and religious use, this is a choice: the person goes away from town, often to pray or to live close to God, sometimes in a desert, a cave, or a small hut. English still uses that serious meaning.

In the old and religious use,在古老、宗教的用法裡， this is a choice:這是一種選擇： the person goes away from town,這個人離開城鎮， often to pray or to live close to God,通常是為了禱告或親近神， sometimes in a desert, a cave, or a small hut有時候住在沙漠、洞穴或小茅屋裡。English英文 still uses that serious meaning現在仍然使用這個嚴肅的意思。

Though actually, friends also joke “he’s a hermit” about someone who stays home and does not go out. That joke is looser than the dictionary picture; a real hermit is not only shy, and the loneliness is the point of the life, not an accident.

Though actually,不過實際上， friends also joke "he's a hermit"朋友也會開玩笑說「他是個隱士」， about someone who stays home and does not go out用來形容一個待在家裡不出門的人。That joke這種玩笑話 is looser than the dictionary picture;比字典裡的意思鬆散； a real hermit is not only shy,真正的隱士不只是害羞， and the loneliness is the point of the life,而孤獨本身就是這種生活的重點， not an accident不是意外。

The word comes from a Greek word for an empty, uninhabited place — a “person of the desert”. It looks a little like Hermes, but that is a different word and a different story.

The word這個字 comes from a Greek word來自一個希臘字， for an empty, uninhabited place意思是空無一人的地方 — a "person of the desert"——「沙漠裡的人」。It looks a little like Hermes,它看起來有點像 Hermes（希臘神赫密士）， but that is a different word and a different story但那是完全不同的字、不同的故事。