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singleton

/sing-guhl-tuhn/US // ˈsɪŋ gəl tən //UK // (ˈsɪŋɡəltən) //

单身人士,单身人,单身,单身者

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing occurring singly, especially an individual set apart from others.
    • : a child or animal that is the only one born at one birth: a research program involving twins and singletons.an only child in a family.
    • : Chiefly British. an unmarried person; a single.
    • : Cards. a card that is the only one of a suit in a hand.
    • : Mathematics. a set consisting of one given element.

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Examples

  • Crosier said “there is not enough stimulation to keep milk production going for a singleton” while it’s bottle-fed.

  • Far from the stereotype of the lonely single, lifelong singletons are less lonely than other older people, according to psychologist Bella DePaulo, the author of “Singled Out.”

  • For singletons, coronavirus hasn’t made it easy to start new relationships.

  • But by 2007, the project was seemingly dead and Singleton claimed race was a factor.

  • “He's like a young Steve McQueen,” filmmaker John Singleton said of Walker.

  • Directed by John Singleton, the short film stars Eddie Murphy as a pharaoh and the supermodel as his bored queen.

  • Over the years, the two lost touch twice but reconnected on the chat line, Singleton said.

  • The first night they spoke on the telephone, Singleton said, Clash invited him to dinner at a restaurant near his house.

  • With a suit declared the best opening lead is a singleton, failing which a lead from a strong sequence.

  • Sitgreaves he determined to leave in the cottage of Mr. Wharton, in attendance on Captain Singleton.

  • But to my surprise Harry Singleton was just sufficiently intoxicated to resent the act of his best friend.

  • So then I saw that word in some way had come to her of the little brawl between Harry Singleton and myself.

  • “Let us hope the experiment will succeed,” said Anne Singleton.