singles
n. 單程票( single的名詞複數 ); (旅館等的)單人房間; [複數](高爾夫球一對一的)二人對抗賽; [常用複數][美國、加拿大英語]未婚(或單身)男子(或女子)
v. 挑選( single的第三人稱單數 )
You use single to emphasize that you are referring to one thing, and no more than one thing.
A single shot rang out...
傳來一聲響亮的槍聲。
Over six hundred people were wounded in a single day...
僅一天中就有 600 多人受傷。
You use single to indicate that you are considering something on its own and separately from other things like it.
Every single house in town had been damaged...
鎮上每棟房子都遭到了破壞。
The Middle East is the world's single most important source of oil.
中東是世界上最為重要的一個產油地。
Someone who is single is not married. You can also use single to describe someone who does not have a girlfriend or boyfriend.
Is it difficult being a single mother?...
做單身媽媽難嗎?
I now have to face the rest of my life as a single person...
我現在不得不孤單一人度過餘生。
A single room is a room intended for one person to stay or live in.
A single room at the Astir Hotel costs £56 a night.
阿斯蒂爾酒店的單人間價格是 56 英鎊一晚。
A single bed is wide enough for one person to sleep in.
A single ticket is a ticket for a journey from one place to another but not back again.
The price of a single ticket is thirty-nine pounds.
單程票的價格是 39 英鎊。
A single or a CD single is a CD which has a few short songs on it. You can also refer to the main song on a CD as a single .
Kids today don't buy singles...
現在的孩子都不買單曲唱片了。
The winners will get a chance to release their own single.
獲勝者將有機會發行自己的單曲唱片。
Singles is a game of tennis or badminton in which one player plays another. The plural singles can be used to refer to one or more of these matches.
Boris Becker of Germany won the men's singles...
德國的鮑里斯·貝克爾贏得男單冠軍。
She is equally at home on the singles or doubles court.
她單打和雙打都能得心應手。
In cricket, a single is a hit from which one run is scored. In baseball, a single is a hit by which a batter reaches first base.
1. badminton played with one person on each side
2. tennis played with one person on each side
She is equally at home on the singles or doubles court.
她單打和雙打都能得心應手。
Kids today don't buy singles.
現在的孩子都不買單曲唱片了。
Her latest CD is a compilation of all her best singles.
她最新的鐳射唱片收錄了她的所有最佳單曲。
He's through to the semi-final of the men's singles.
他已進入男子單打半決賽。
The band's album spawned a string of hit singles.
這支樂隊的專輯繁衍出一連串走紅的單曲唱片。