single

• 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

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

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.

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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