Word · Frequency #569
single
击出一垒安打
In baseball, to hit a single.
- 1.
To get a hit that advances the batter exactly one base.
击出一垒安打。
- 2.
To thin out.
间苗;使稀疏。
- 3.
To take the irregular gait called singlefoot.
走单步(一种不规则步法)。
- 4.
hit a single
击出单打
- 5.
To reduce (a railway) to single track.
将(铁路)改为单轨。
使稀疏;疏苗;使(铁路)改为单轨;改成单线;走单步;击出一垒安打。;间苗;使稀疏。
In use
He singled to left field in the fifth inning.
She singled and then stole second base.
With two outs, the batter singled up the middle.
the batter singled to left field
Verb forms
base single · third person singles · -ing singling · past singled · past participle singled
规则动词,过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Connections
Collocations
- single to left field
- 击出左外野一垒安打
- He singled to left field and drove in two runs.他击出左外野一垒安打,送回两分。
- single up the middle
- 击出穿越中路的一垒安打
- The batter singled up the middle to load the bases.击球手击出穿越中路的一垒安打,攻占满垒。
- single in a run
- 以一垒安打送回一分
- He singled in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning.他在第七局击出一垒安打,送回超前分。
- single the seedlings
- 间苗;疏苗
- Gardeners usually single the seedlings early in spring.园丁通常在早春间苗。
- single the track
- 将铁路改为单轨
- The railway company plans to single the track to reduce costs.铁路公司计划将这条轨道改为单轨以降低成本。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记 single 像 sing+gle:棒球击出一垒安打,只推进一个垒,如同独唱只唱一个音。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:棒球比赛报道、园艺或农业操作、马术与步态描述、铁路工程 作为动词的 single 在不同领域中有不同含义,常见于棒球报道(击出一垒安打)、园艺或农业(疏苗、间苗)、马术(走单步)和铁路工程(改为单轨)。这些用法通常属于中性或特定专业语境,具体含义需要结合话题判断。
Grammar Note
棒球术语:击出一垒安打
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 single 真正押韵的是 mingle、tingle、jingle、shingle(均读 /-ɪŋɡəl/)。angle 拼写都含 <ngle>,但读 /ˈæŋɡəl/,元音不同,不押韵;singer /ˈsɪŋər/ 形似但少了 /ɡ/ 和词尾 /l/。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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