single是什么意思_single怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual;"upon the hill stood a single tower"
"had but a single thought which was to escape"
"a single survivor"
"a single serving"
"a single lens"
"a single thickness"

not married or related to the unmarried state;"unmarried men and women"
"unmarried life"
"sex and the single girl"
"single parenthood"
"are you married or single?"

characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing;"an individual serving"
"single occupancy"
"a single bed"

having uniform application;"a single legal code for all"

not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective;"judging a contest with a single eye"
"a single devotion to duty"
"undivided affection"
"gained their exclusive attention"

Verb:

hit a single;"the batter singled to left field"

中英词源

single 单个的，单一的，单身的

来自拉丁语 singulus,单个的，单身的，来自 PIE*sem,一，词源同 same,simple,similar.字母 m,n 音变，比较 lamp,lantern.

single: single: [14] Single comes via Old French sengle or single from Latin singulus. This was formed from sim-, the stem of simplus ‘single’ (which came from the same Indo-European base that produced English same and similar), together with the diminutive suffix *-go and a further element *-lo. Singlet ‘vest’ [18] was coined on the model of doublet, in allusion to its being an unlined garment, made from a ‘single’ layer of material.
=> same, similar, simple
single (adj.): early 14c., "unmarried," from Old French sengle, sangle "alone, unaccompanied; simple, unadorned," from Latin singulus "one, one to each, individual, separate" (usually in plural singuli "one by one"), from sim- (stem of simplus; see simple) + diminutive suffix. Meaning "consisting of one unit, individual, unaccompanied by others" is from late 14c. Meaning "undivided" is from 1580s. Single-parent (adj.) is attested from 1966.
single (n.): c. 1400, "unmarried person," mid-15c., "a person alone, an individual," from single (adj.). Given various technical meanings from 16c. Sports sense is attested from 1851 (cricket), 1858 (baseball). Of single things from 1640s. Meaning "one-dollar bill" is from 1936. Meaning "phonograph record with one song on each side" is from 1949. Meaning "unmarried swinger" is from 1964; singles bar attested from 1969. An earlier modern word for "unmarried or unattached person" is singleton (1937).
single (v.): "to separate from the herd" (originally in deer-hunting, often with forth or out), 1570s, from single (adj.). Baseball sense of "to make a one-base hit" is from 1899 (from the noun meaning "one-base hit," attested from 1858). Related: Singled; singling.

词态变化

复数 singles;

权威造句

1. These days work plays an important part in a single woman"s life.: 现在，工作在单身女性的生活中起着重要作用。

2. The price of a single ticket is thirty-nine pounds.: 单程票的价格是39英镑。

3. We were walking in single file to the lake.: 我们正排成一列朝湖边走去。

4. A single room at the Astir Hotel costs £56 a night.: 阿斯蒂尔酒店的单人间价格是56英镑一晚。

5. He was single-mindedly devoted to the hastening of freedom for the oppressed.: 他一心一意致力于早日让被压迫者获得自由。

近反义词

choose

cull

pick

select

adj.

distinct

exclusive

free

lone

one

singular

相似短语

be single 独身

single ale 淡啤酒

single life 独身生活

single ticket 单程票

in single file adv.成一列纵队

single quote phr. 单引号

single nobles 单身贵族

single sign on 简称为SSO,在软件方面意思为:单点登录.

Single Currency 单一货币

single address 单地址

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