音樂上的獨奏／獨唱
把「只有一個人」放進音樂裡：在一群演奏者中，獨獨由一個人擔綱的段落或表演。
solo (music passage) · noun · B2
A part of a piece of music played or sung by one person alone.
獨奏 / 獨唱
核心畫面
Picture one person doing something entirely on their own — nobody else helping, nobody else on stage, no group around them. Just one. 'Solo' is that single-person quality: whatever the activity is — flying a plane, playing music, running a business — it's carried out alone. The word can describe the act (solo flight), name the thing done alone (a guitar solo), or be the doing itself (to solo). Underneath them all sits the same picture: one, and only one.
可以想成一個人完全靠自己去做一件事——旁邊沒有人幫忙、台上沒有別人、身邊沒有一群人，就只有一個。Solo 就是這個「…更多收起
可以想成一個人完全靠自己去做一件事——旁邊沒有人幫忙、台上沒有別人、身邊沒有一群人，就只有一個。Solo 就是這個「單獨一人」的特質：不管那件事是開飛機、演奏音樂、還是經營事業，都是一個人撐下來的。這個字可以形容那個動作（solo flight 單獨飛行）、也可以指那件獨自完成的東西（a guitar solo 一段吉他獨奏）、還可以就是那個動作本身（to solo 單飛、獨奏）。三種詞性底下是同一幅畫面：一個，而且只有一個。From the word’s history
From Italian 'solo', meaning 'alone', which traces back to Latin 'solus' (alone, sole). The word entered English first as a musical term — a passage for one performer — and then spread to flying and other activities done alone.
來自義大利文 solo，意思就是「單獨、獨自」，再往上可追到拉丁文 solus（獨自、唯一）。這個字最早是以音樂術語進入英文——指由一個人擔綱的段落——之後才擴散到單獨飛行以及其他一個人完成的活動上。
Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), entry 'solo'
Two branches
獨自進行的活動（尤指單飛）
把「只有一個人」從音樂擴大到任何活動：整件事從頭到尾由一個人獨力完成，沒有別人協助或同行。
done alone · adjective · B2
Done alone, without anyone else helping you.
單獨的 / 單人的
原始詞典資料13 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Soloname
- 1
A surname
solonoun/ˈsoʊ.loʊ/
- 1
entertainmentlifestylemusicA piece of music for one performer.
- 2
A job or performance done by one person alone.
- 3
gamesA card game similar to whist in which each player plays against the others in turn without a partner
- 4
A single shot of espresso.
- 5
An instance of soloing the football.
soloadj/ˈsoʊ.loʊ/
- 1
Without a companion or instructor.
- Represented by Olney Gleason gallery, she was the subject of a 2025 solo show at the MSU Broad Art Museum in Michigan and recently unveiled a permanent installation at the Princeton University Art Museum.
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entertainmentlifestylemusicOf, or relating to, a musical solo.
- I can appreciate that Macca’s band plays faithful to the source material, never putting too obvious a personal spin on the music. It’s sometimes frustrating, especially when the solo part in “Get Back” is screaming for some impromptu finesse, but it’s mostly fair.
soloadv/ˈsoʊ.loʊ/
- 1
Alone, without a companion.
- Two of us wearing raincoats / Standing solo / In the sun
- Wake me up before you go-go / 'Cause I'm not plannin' on going solo
soloverb/ˈsoʊ.loʊ/
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entertainmentlifestylemusicTo perform a solo.
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To perform something in the absence of anyone else.
- 3
To drop the ball and then toe-kick it upward into the hands.
- 4
slangTo independently perform an action, especially a challenging task.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。