資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Single \Sin"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Singled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Singling}.]
   1. To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a
      number; to choose out from others; to separate.

            Dogs who hereby can single out their master in the
            dark.                                 --Bacon.

            His blood! she faintly screamed her mind Still
            singling one from all mankind.        --More.

   2. To sequester; to withdraw; to retire. [Obs.]

            An agent singling itself from consorts. --Hooker.

   3. To take alone, or one by one.

            Men . . . commendable when they are singled.
                                                  --Hooker.