.single-'decker alsosingle deckern[C]BrE a bus with only one level →double-decker >single-deckeradj [only before noun] a single-decker bus
1. By the end of the next century, a single city may have more than 100 million inhabitants. 到下个世纪末,一个城市的居民就可能超过一亿。
2. Behold her, single in the field, 看她,一个人在原野上,
3. But there were times when not a single piece of dry wood could be found and even Humboldt lay with his eyes wide open, listening to the roars of the beasts that surrounded them. 但也有一块干木也找不到的时候,就连洪堡也睁大了眼睛躺在那里,听着包围他们的野兽的吼叫。
4. Before all the different types of Barbie dolls for sale now, there was just a single Barbie. 在现今各式各样的芭比娃娃出售之前,原只有一种芭比娃娃。
5. But a single optical fiber with a diameter of less than half a millimeter can carry more information than a large cable made of copper wires. 但是单单一根直径小于半毫米的光纤电缆就可以比由铜丝制成的粗电缆负载更多的信息。
6. They had a single aim, a solitary goal-the top! 他们有一个目的, 唯一的目标就是登上顶峰.
7. They had a single aim, a solitary goal----the top! 他们只有一个目标,唯一的目标 -- 顶峰!
8. The first essential in elephant training is to assign to the animal a single mahout who will be entirely responsible for the job. 驯象中至关生要的是指派一名专门的驯象员,全面负责这项工作。
9. Today´s cities operate largely on a single plane — the ground. 现在的城市主要在一个平面上活动——即地面。
10. The operation caught the imagination of the world, and there was a story that a television company offered a million dollars for one single photograph of Washkansky´s old heart. 这一手术轰动了整个世界,据说一家电视公司曾出一百万美元的高价来购买沃什坎斯基原来心脏的一张照片。