| 单词 | singular |
| 释义 | sin·gu·lar I. 1. a. < every fact in the world might be singular, that is, unlike any other fact and sole of its kind — William James > < assumption that the singular person can be understood apart from his culture — American Polit. Sci. Review > < saw that each weed was a singular knife — Stephen Crane > < to all and singular to whom these presents shall come, greetings > b. < one subject usually takes a singular verb > — opposed to plural; compare dual c. < a singular term > < a singular proposition > — opposed to general d. (1) < convey several parcels of land all and singular > (2) 2. a. obsolete b. < achieved a singular mechanical triumph that won him wide renown — Sherwood Anderson > < a singular poetic achievement — H.W.V.Lange > < holds a singular regard for his people > < his death is a singular loss > c. obsolete 3. archaic a. b. < those in his high place fight no singular combats — Sir Walter Scott > 4. a. < various speculations put forward in explanation of the singular phenomena of this remarkable place — Harry Luke > < a work of singular originality and analytical power — Economica > < that woman of singular mystery, the Mona Lisa — Elizabeth Janeway > b. < a man of singular charm and sterling character — D.S.Muzzey > < an effect of singular grace and delicacy — American Guide Series: Maine > < of singular and exquisite workmanship > 5. a. < am not singular in the opinion that much of the disease which does prevail might be avoided — Charles Dickens > < nor are we singular in our judgment — Aldous Huxley > b. < a singular dog … of the color of chocolate — Arnold Bennett > < singular to say, the one dangerous and objectionable feature in this little volume preserved it from limbo — George Meredith > < hit upon the singular expedient of diminishing the quality of their justice in order to reduce the demand for it — T.F.T.Plucknett > c. < a singular point or integral in a differential equation > Synonyms: see strange II. 1. < that the human mind has to think in terms of singular and plural — Weston La Barre > < he is the singular of they > 2. a. archaic < eloquence would be but a poor thing, if we should converse only with singulars — Ben Jonson > b. < experiences might all have been singulars, no one of them occurring twice — William James > < an accepted principle in the middle ages that reason or intellect and science are of universals, whereas the senses are of singulars — G.P.Klubertanz > c. (1) obsolete (2) III. 1. of a matrix 2. of a linear transformation |
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