a.
    
      - 單一的,單個的;個別的[B]
 
      - (用於否定句)連一個也(沒有)的[B]
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There was not a 
single person in the house.
屋子裡一個人都沒有。
 
      - 孤單的;單身的;【植】單瓣的
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single parent family
單親家庭
single parent
單親
She remained 
single till the end of her days.
她終身未嫁。
  
      - 單人用的;【英】單程的[B]
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I want a 
single ticket.
我要一張單程票。
 
      - 一個對一個的,單打的
 
      - 獨特的,唯一的
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The child was the 
single survivor of the air-crash.
這孩子是那次飛機墜毀事故的唯一倖存者。
 
      - 專一的
 
    
    n.[C]
    
      - 單個;單身者(男子,女子)
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      - 單打比賽[P]
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He has won four 
singles.
他贏了四場單打賽。
 
      - 【棒】一壘安打
 
      - 【口】獨唱(或奏)者,獨腳戲演員
 
      - 【英】單程票;單人房
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Would you reserve a 
single for me?
請給我預訂一間單人房好嗎?
 
      - 【美】一元紙幣;【英】一英鎊紙幣
 
    
    vt.
    
      - 選出,挑出[O]
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The boss 
singled me out for blame.
老板把我挑出來加以指責。
 
      - 【棒】以一壘安打得(分)
 
    
    vi.
    
      - 【棒】擊出一壘安打
 
    
   
  片語
  
    single out
    
      - 挑出
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They all did wrong, why 
single him 
out for punishment?
他們都有錯,為何單挑他來處分?
 
    
   
  衍生
  
    n. [U]
    singleness
    ad.
    singly
   
  辨析
  
 
  adj.
     - only one; not one of several. 
▸regarded as distinct from others in a group.
 ▸
[
with neg.]
 even one (used for emphasis):
 they didn't receive a single reply.
  ▸designed or suitable for one person.
 - not involved in a stable romantic or sexual relationship.
 - consisting of one part. 
▸(of a flower) having only one whorl of petals.
 - Brit. (of a ticket) valid for an outward journey only.
 - archaic free from duplicity or deceit:
 a pure and single heart.
 
n.
      - a single person or thing.
 - a short record with one song on each side.
 - US informal a one-dollar note.
 - Cricket  a hit for one run. 
▸Baseball  a hit which allows the batter to proceed safely to first base.
 - 
(singles)
 (especially in tennis and badminton) a game or competition for individual players.
 - Bell-ringing  a system of change-ringing in which one pair of bells changes places at each round.
 
v.
    - 
(single someone/thing out)
 choose someone or something from a group for special treatment.
 - thin out (seedlings or saplings).
 - reduce (a railway track) to a single line.
 - Baseball  hit a single. 
▸cause (a run) to be scored by hitting a single.
 ▸advance (a runner) by hitting a single.
 
 
  Derivative
  
    - singledom n.
  - singleness n.
  - singly adv.
 
   
  Etymology
  ME: via OFr. from L. singulus, rel. to simplus ‘simple’.