【single音标】 英[ˈsɪŋgl] 美[ˈsɪŋgl]
【单词释义】 single是什么意思：
adj.单一的；单个的；（打斗、比赛等）一对一的；惟一的；适于一人的；单身的；未婚的
n.单程票；单曲；（旅馆等的）单人房间；[复数]（高尔夫球一对一的）二人对抗赛；[常用复数][美国、加拿大英语]未婚（或单身）男子（或女子）
v.挑选，选出；作一垒手
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] singles [第三人称单数] singles
[单词现在分词] singling
[单词过去式] singled
[单词过去分词] singled
【关联词/派生词】
singular adj.单数的；奇特的；突出的 n.单数
singly adv. 逐一地；个别地；各自地；一个一个地
【single形近词/近似词】
jingle n.叮当声；节拍十分规则的简单诗歌 v.（使）叮当作响
mingle v.混合，混淆；混在一起；（在聚会中）应酬，交际
tingle v. (使)感到刺痛；使激动 n. 刺痛感；激动
commingle v. (使)混合；掺和
shingle n.鹅卵石；木瓦板；小招牌 vt.用盖板覆盖；把（女子头发）剪短
intermingle v.（使）混合，混在一起
【单词例句】
◇ The wolf had scarcely finished speaking when he jumped from the bed with a single leap and ate up poor Little Red Cap. As soon as the wolf had satisfied his desires, he climbed back into bed, fell asleep, and began to snore very loudly.
狼刚把话说完，就从床上跳起来，把小红帽吞进了肚子，狼满足了食欲之后便重新躺到床上睡觉，而且鼾声震天。
---- Little Red Cap
◇ If you speak a single word, even if all but one hour of the seven years has passed, then it will all be for nothing, and your brothers will be killed by that one word.
要是你说了一个字，哪怕是离七年只有一个小时，你的一切努力都会付诸东流——他们会因你说了一个字而全部死掉。
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ Accompanied by a select number of officers of the court, among whom were the two honest men who had already admired the cloth, he went to the crafty impostors, who, as soon as they were aware of the Emperor's approach, went on working more diligently than ever; although they still did not pass a single thread through the looms.
他选了一群特别圈定的随员——其中包括已经去看过的那两位诚实的大臣。这样，他就到那两个狡猾的骗子住的地方去。这两个家伙正以全副精神织布，但是一根线的影子也看不见。
◇ "Even if we maintained the current status quo and not a single other carbon molecule was released because of human activity," he said, "we'd still see the effects of climate change for at least 300 years from just the emissions that are already in the system."
他说：“即使我们维持目前的现状，不再因为人类活动而有更多的碳排放，但由于生态系统中已经存在的碳排放，在未来300年内，我们仍然可以看到气候变化的影响。”
---- World's population could swell to 10.9 billion by 2100
◇ For years, couples have dedicated a single "ring" finger to romance when any other digit would do. A case of left side, strong side? Not according to history.
多年来，情人们都是把象征爱情的戒指戴在左手的无名指上，虽然其他任何手指也可以履行这一职责。难道左手是更好的那只手吗？历史上可不是这样说的。
---- Why are wedding rings worn on the left hand?
◇ "This seemed like a huge waste. Straws are made of oil, a precious and finite resource. Is making single-use plastic straws, which will be used for a matter of minutes before being tossed away, really what we want to do with this resource?"
“这看起来是一个巨大的浪费。塑料吸管是用石油制成的，而石油是一种宝贵的有限资源。用石油生产才用几分钟就丢掉的一次性吸管，我们真的想这么利用资源吗？”
---- Is time up for this plastic relic
◇ In promising to fuse media as diverse as television,telephone communication,video games,music and data transmission,the era of digital convergence goes better than yesterday's celebrated “information superhighway.” Yet achieving this single technology is far from straightforward.
希望把媒体结合起来并像电视、电话、游戏、音乐和数据传输一样富有变化，数字集成时代将比以前著名的信息高速公路发展得好。要得到这单一的技术不是那么容易的。
◇ Now, visitors to the South Rim alone may number 18,000 in a single day. Some of that number will travel by mule train down Bright Angel Trail to the canyon's floor, cross the raging river by a suspension bridge and amount to the North Rim.
现在，每天来大峡谷南缘观光的游客大概有18000名，其中有的会乘坐小型电动机车沿着"光明天使小道"来到谷底，穿过波涛汹涌的河道上方的吊桥，然后到达北缘。
---- The Grand Canyon