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sin.gle ONE5sIN7g6adj [before n; not gradable]one only一个，单一的A single red rose stood in a glass on the table.一枝红玫瑰插在桌上玻璃杯里。He knocked his opponent down with a single blow.他只用了一击便打倒了对手。Not a single person offered to help her.没有一个人愿为她提供帮助。You haven't been listening to a single word I've been saying.我刚才说的你连一个字都没有听进。Single flowers have only one set of petals--double flowers have two sets.单瓣花只有一层花瓣----复瓣花有两层。A single yellow line painted on the side of the road means that you can only park there at certain times.画在路边的一条黄线意味着你只能在某些时间在那里停车。A single bed (= A bed for only one person) is too narrow for me.单人床对我来说太窄了。Jack bought a new single-breasted coat (= a coat which fastens in the centre with one row of buttons).杰克买了一件新的单排扣外套。(Br) Single cream (Am and Aus light cream) is a type of thin cream.一次(分离)稀奶油The two soldiers met in single combat (= a fight between two people, usually with weapons).两个士兵在一对一的战斗中相遇。A single-decker (bus) is a bus which has only one level.单层公共汽车The schoolchildren were told to walk (in) single file (= one behind the other).学校的孩子们被要求排成一路纵队行走。Single-handed means without any help from anyone else.独自的，单枪匹马的Sir Francis Chichester was a sailor who made a single-handed voyage / sailed single-handedly round the world in 1966-7.弗朗西斯·奇切斯特爵士是于1966年至1967年单独航海环游世界的航海家。Single-minded means having or showing only one aim.一心一意的My brother has always taken a single-minded approach to everything he does--he works single-mindedly.我兄弟总是一心一意地去完成他所做的每一件事----他工作得很专心。A single-sex school is a school for either girls or boys, not both.男(女)校My daughter goes to a single-sex school.我的女儿进一所女校读书。I'd like a single room please (= a room in a hotel for one person).我想要单人房间。 ☆ DOUBLE
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