single
single 英 [ˈsɪŋgl] 美 [ˈsɪŋɡəl]
adj. 单一的；单身的； n. 一个
进行时:singling 过去式:singled 过去分词:singled 第三人称单数:singles 名词复数:singles
- If something is totally alone, or consists of only one part, it's single, like a single sock in your clean laundry basket that's mysteriously lost its mate.
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- adj. 单一的；单身的；
- n. 一个
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1. He sent her a single red rose.
他送给她一枝红玫瑰。
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2. I couldn't understand a single word she said!
她讲的东西我一个字都听不懂！
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3. We eat rice every single day.
我们天天吃米饭。
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4. Are you still single?
你还是单身吗？
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5. a single bed，a single room
单人床╱房间
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6. a single ticket
单程票
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7. How much is a single to York?
去约克的单程票多少钱？
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8. They organize parties for singles.
他们为单身者组织聚会。
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9. a singles bar，a singles club
单身酒吧╱俱乐部
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10. a singles match
单打比赛
- 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 PIE *semgolo‑, suffixed (diminutive?) form of root *sem- (1) "one; as one, together with." 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.
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