single
a. 单身的, 单程的, 单一的, 个别的, 孤独的, 专一的 n. 一个, 单打, 单程票 vt. 选出 vi. 击出一垒打 [计] 单精度型
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教材释义与例句
一个；单打；单程票
a game, especially in tennis, in which one person plays on their own against another person
选出
击出一垒安打
单一的；单身的；单程的
only one
释义与例句
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1.
A 45 RPM vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B.
单曲
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2.
A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually having at least one extra track.
单曲
音乐The Offspring released four singles from their most recent album.
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3.
One who is not married or does not have a romantic partner.
独身者
He went to the party, hoping to meet some friendly singles there.
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4.
A score of one run.
体育 游戏He refused to take a single as the ball was dropped by his opponent's best fielder.
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5.
A hit in baseball where the batter advances to first base.
单打
体育 游戏 -
6.
A tile that has a different value (i.e. number of pips) at each end.
游戏 -
7.
A bill valued at $1.
美国 非正式I don't have any singles, so you'll have to make change.
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8.
A one-way ticket.
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A score of one point, awarded when a kicked ball is dead within the non-kicking team's end zone or has exited that end zone.
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10.
A game with one player on each side, as in tennis.
体育 -
11.
One of the reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.
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12.
A handful of gleaned grain.
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13.
A floating-point number having half the precision of a double-precision value.
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14.
A shot of only one character.
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15.
A single cigarette.
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16.
Synonym of single-driver.
废旧 交通
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1.
To get a hit that advances the batter exactly one base.
体育 游戏Pedro singled in the bottom of the eighth inning, which, if converted to a run, would put the team back into contention.
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2.
To thin out.
植物学 商务 -
3.
To take the irregular gait called singlefoot.
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4.
To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.
古体 不及物 -
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To take alone, or one by one; to single out.
古体 不及物 -
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To reduce (a railway) to single track.
及物
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1.
Not accompanied by anything else; one in number.
单
单独
Can you give me a single reason not to leave right now?
The vase contained a single long-stemmed rose.
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2.
Not divided in parts.
The potatoes left the spoon and landed in a single big lump on the plate.
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3.
Designed for the use of only one.
a single room
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4.
Performed by one person, or one on each side.
a single combat
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5.
Not married, and (in modern times) not dating or without a significant other.
独身
单身
未婚
Forms often ask if a person is single, married, divorced, or widowed. In this context, a person who is dating someone but who has never married puts "single".
Josh put down that he was a single male on the dating website.
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6.
Having only one rank or row of petals.
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Simple and honest; sincere, without deceit.
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Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
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Simple; foolish; weak; silly.
废旧
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词源
From Middle English single, sengle, from Old French sengle, saingle, sangle, from Latin singulus, a diminutive derived from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one”). Akin to Latin simplex (“simple”). See simple, and compare singular.
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