single (to + direction)
作不及物动词，棒球中指击出一垒安打，常用 to left / right field 说明击球方向。
He singled to left field in the third inning.
他在第三局击出一垒安打，球打向左外野。
击出一垒安打
singles — third person singular of single
使稀疏；疏苗；使（铁路）改为单轨；改成单线；走单步；间苗；使稀疏。
In baseball, to hit a single.
击出一垒安打。
To get a hit that advances the batter exactly one base.
间苗；使稀疏。
To thin out.
走单步(一种不规则步法)。
To take the irregular gait called singlefoot.
击出单打
hit a single
将(铁路)改为单轨。
To reduce (a railway) to single track.
一般现在时
He singles to left field.
他向左外野击出一记一垒打。
一般过去时
Yesterday, he singled in the first inning.
昨天他在第一局击出一记一垒打。
现在进行时
He is singling to center field.
他正在向中外野击出一记一垒打。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
He singled to left field in the fifth inning.
他在第五局击出一支左外野一垒安打。
用法提示：此处 single 作动词，表示击出一垒安打（棒球术语）。
AI contextual example
She singled and then stole second base.
她击出一垒安打后盗上二垒。
用法提示：single 的过去式 singled 表示击出一垒安打。
AI contextual example
With two outs, the batter singled up the middle.
两人出局时，击球员击出中路一垒安打。
用法提示：single 作谓语动词，指击出只进到一垒的安打。
AI contextual example
作不及物动词，棒球中指击出一垒安打，常用 to left / right field 说明击球方向。
He singled to left field in the third inning.
他在第三局击出一垒安打，球打向左外野。
作及物动词，表示间苗、使稀疏，宾语多为幼苗、植物等。
Farmers single the young plants so they have more room to grow.
农民给幼苗间苗，让它们有更多生长空间。
用被动式表示把铁路线改为单轨，主语是铁路或线路。
That stretch of railway was singled last year.
那段铁路去年被改成了单轨。
grammar · medium
易错句子He singleed to right field in the fifth inning.
正确表达He singled to right field in the fifth inning.
single 以 -le 结尾，变过去式时直接在词尾加 -d，拼作 singled，不能再保留原有的 e 写成 singleed。
grammar · medium
易错句子The workers are singleing the young plants.
正确表达The workers are singling the young plants.
以 -le 结尾的动词变现在分词时要去掉 e 再加 -ing：single → singling，所以是 singling，不是 singleing。
grammar · medium
易错句子The lettuce should single in early summer.
正确表达The lettuce should be singled in early summer.
single 表示“间苗、使稀疏”时是及物动词，后面必须接宾语，因为幼苗是被疏的对象；主语 lettuce 不能自己完成这个动作，所以要用被动语态 be singled。
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。
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。
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。
间苗；疏苗
Gardeners usually single the seedlings early in spring.
园丁通常在早春间苗。
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。
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