singleton

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈsɪŋ.ɡ(ə)l.tən/    美 /ˈsɪŋ.ɡ(ə)l.tən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A playing card that is the only one of its suit in a hand, especially at bridge.
  2. A hand containing only one card of a certain suit.
  3. A single object, especially one of a group.
  4. A class that may not be instantiated more than once, i.e. that implements the singleton design pattern.
  5. A set with exactly one element.
  6. A child or animal that is born singly, not as a twin or other multiple birth.
    — singleton preterm birth
  7. A person without a romantic partner.
    — The time draws near when pink and red creep insidiously into the periphery, jewelry retailers go into overdrive and drugstore aisles burst with cherubs for the one holiday of the year that separates the singletons from the significant-othered.
  8. A person without a dissociative identity.
  9. A single consonant, as opposed to a geminated consonant.
    — singleton sonorants
  10. Synonym of blot.
  11. A class offered only once within a school year.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of a class offered only once within a school year.
    — a singleton class

词形变化

singletons plural more singleton comparative most singleton superlative

词汇关系

反义词
wedder
衍生词
nonsingleton singleton set

词源

词源 1
From single + -ton, probably following the model of simpleton.
词源 2
From single + -ton, probably following the model of simpleton.
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