single
英式音标：single怎么读
美式音标：single怎么读
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近义词： one-to-one,one,single-handed,unassisted,unaided,against,unaccompanied
反义词： married,double
single词义
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adj. 单一的；单身的；单程的n. 一个；单打；单程票vt. 选出vi. 击出一垒安打
词态变化
复数: singles;
中文词源
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双语例句
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- 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。
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- 2. The price of a single ticket is thirty-nine pounds.
- 单程票的价格是39英镑。
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- 3. We were walking in single file to the lake.
- 我们正排成一列朝湖边走去。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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single英文词源
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- 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.
single实用场景例句
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- (British English)a single honours degree (= for which you study only one subject)
- 单科荣誉学位
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- He sent her a single red rose.
- 他送给她一支红玫瑰。
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- a single-sex school (= for boys only or for girls only)
- 男子（或女子）学校
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- All these jobs can now be done by one single machine.
- 所有这些工作现在只用一台机器就可以完成。
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- 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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- the European single currency , the euro
- 欧洲单一货币欧元
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- Unemployment is the single most important factor in the growing crime rates.
- 失业是犯罪率日益上升最重要的一个因素。
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- We eat rice every single day .
- 我们天天吃米饭。
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- The apartments are ideal for single people living alone.
- 这些公寓供单身者独自居住最为理想。
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- Are you still single?
- 你还是单身吗？
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- a single bed/room
- 单人床 / 房间
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- a single ticket
- 单程票
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- How much is the single fare to Glasgow?
- 去格拉斯哥的单程票多少钱？
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- How much is a single to York?
- 去约克的单程票多少钱？
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- The band releases its new single next week.
- 这支乐队将于下周发行新的单曲唱片。
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- They organize parties for singles.
- 他们为单身者组织聚会。
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- a singles bar/club
- 单身酒吧 / 俱乐部
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- the women's singles champion
- 女子单打冠军
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- A single shot rang out...
- 传来一声响亮的枪声。
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- Over six hundred people were wounded in a single day...
- 仅一天中就有 600 多人受伤。
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- Every single house in town had been damaged...
- 镇上每栋房子都遭到了破坏。
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- The Middle East is the world's single most important source of oil.
- 中东是世界上最为重要的一个产油地。
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- Is it difficult being a single mother?...
- 做单身妈妈难吗？
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- I now have to face the rest of my life as a single person...
- 我现在不得不孤单一人度过余生。
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- 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。
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- The price of a single ticket is thirty-nine pounds.
- 单程票的价格是 39 英镑。
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- Kids today don't buy singles...
- 现在的孩子都不买单曲唱片了。
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- The winners will get a chance to release their own single.
- 获胜者将有机会发行自己的单曲唱片。
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- Boris Becker of Germany won the men's singles...
- 德国的鲍里斯·贝克尔赢得男单冠军。
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- She is equally at home on the singles or doubles court.
- 她单打和双打都能得心应手。
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