最簡單的說法是single.

雖然“光棍”一詞非常形象且喜感滿滿，但其實說到底就是“單身”嘛。因此平時我們用single一詞足以表示“光棍”了。比如說：

Dan was a single guy living at home with his father and working in the family business.

丹是個光棍，在家與父親同住，并在自家的事業(yè)工作。

此外，bachelor這個詞也可以專門表示“光棍”。

He is a bachelor, once he is fed, no one is hungry in his family.

他是光棍兒一條，一人吃飽全家不餓。

我們知道，bachelor還可以表示“獲學(xué)士學(xué)位的人”。

那么，為什么這個詞既是“光棍”又是“學(xué)士”的意思呢？有種說法是以前的學(xué)校都是男女分校，也就是我們常說的unisexual school, 導(dǎo)致學(xué)士都是光棍啦！不過究竟是不是這個原因就無從考證啦。

幾天后即將要到來的“光棍節(jié)”，就是Single's Day了。

Single's Day can be a day to spend with family.

沒錯，單身節(jié)也可以和家人一起度過哦。

關(guān)于光棍節(jié) (Singles Day) 的起源有很多種說發(fā)，最玄乎 (unreliable, incredible) 的一種說法是此節(jié)起源于1111年11月11日那天(是不該叫做超級光棍節(jié)��？)，最被廣泛認(rèn)可的是起源于上世紀(jì)(聽起來好久遠(yuǎn)的樣子)90年代南京高校的校園趣味文化。不管光棍節(jié)到底是怎么來的，至少每年11月11日 還“光”著的童鞋有了屬于自己的節(jié)日。

兩個人有中西方情人節(jié) (Valentine's Day) 可過，單打獨斗的童鞋也有節(jié)過了，雖然總感覺帶著點悲催 (miserable) 的色彩。

One's Day 和 Bachelor Day 也都可以表示“光棍節(jié)”。

One's Day 好說，一個人的節(jié)日就是光棍節(jié)唄，不過童鞋們可不要把 Bachelor Day 理解為“學(xué)士節(jié)”，bachelor 除了學(xué)士，還有單身漢的意思。

光棍節(jié)的標(biāo)志性早餐是四根油條 (deep-fried dough stick) 和一個包子 (steamed stuffed bun)，代表4個“1”和1個點(11.11)。

雙語發(fā)現(xiàn)：追根溯源日趨流行的光棍節(jié) 11月11日是光棍節(jié)喲，還在單身的同志們拉上三五好友慶祝一下去吧~順便來了解一下光棍節(jié)的起源：)不甘寂寞的單身青年們，今天可是告別單身的好機(jī)會呢。

Singles Day falls on every November 11th, and as the nameindicates, this relatively new holiday is one exclusively forpeople who are still living the single life. I was a bit surprised when I [gm88nd]d 'Singles Day' on the Internet, to find that China isthe only country in the world that has set aside a special day forsingles to celebrate their lives. To find out more about thiscelebration, read on。

每年的11月11日是“光棍節(jié)”。節(jié)如其名，這個新鮮的節(jié)日是專門為那些還過著單身生活的人們設(shè)立的。我在[gm00nd]上搜索一下，驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)中國是世界上唯一一個專門為光棍們設(shè)立節(jié)日的國家。來一起了解一下這個節(jié)日吧~

Origin of Singles Day 節(jié)日起源

Betting 打牌

An old story goes that once there were four single men, leadingvery boring lives. None of them were married, or had lovers, or didanything exciting. They just sat around all day and playedMahjong。

故事從四個過著單調(diào)生活的單身漢說起。他們沒有人結(jié)婚，連女朋友都沒有，日子過得無精打采，終日打麻將度過。

One day they played Mahjong from 11 in the morning until 11 atnight. During the game, no matter who won, the winning card wasalways the 'four columns' card (the card shows four independent,parallel columns in two lines). Even more of a coincidence, it wasNov 11, or 11/11. In order to commemorate the day, they nicknamedit Singles Day。

有一天他們打麻將從早上11點打到了晚上11點。奇妙的是，不管誰贏，都贏在了“四條”上。更加巧合的是，這一天正是11月11號。為了紀(jì)念這一天，他們給它命名為“光棍節(jié)”。

University culture 大學(xué)傳統(tǒng)

Singles Day was first celebrated at various universities inNanjing, capital city of Jiangsu Province during the 1990s. It gotthe name Singles Day because the date is comprised of four "ones".These college students have since graduated, and carried theiruniversity tradition into society. Singles Day is now a special dayfor all fashionable youths。

光棍節(jié)最先在90年代的江蘇南京各大高校興起。之所以叫“光棍節(jié)”是因為這一天的日子有四個光棍一樣的“1”。大學(xué)生們畢業(yè)了，把這個傳統(tǒng)帶到了社會上，光棍節(jié)就成了時尚青年們的一個特殊節(jié)日。

The main way to celebrate Singles Day is to have dinner with yoursingle friends, but it's important that each person pay their ownway to show their independence. People also hold 'blind date'parties in an attempt to bid goodbye to their single lives。

主流的慶祝方式就是和光棍朋友們一起搓一頓，而且一定要實行AA制。為了脫離單身，人們也會舉辦相親會，介紹單身男女認(rèn)識。

Creative celebration 新奇慶祝

For breakfast on Singles Day, singles often eat four youtiao(deep-fried dough sticks) representing the four "ones" in "11.11"and one baozi (steamed stuffed buns) representing the middledot。

光棍節(jié)的早上，單身青年們會吃四根有條，代表11.11的四個“1”，再吃一個包子，代表11和11之間的那個點。

Many singles also choose to say goodbye to their single lives onthis day. Many attend 'blind date' parties and many people chooseto marry on this day. In addition to meaning 'single' the four'ones' of the date can also mean 'only one' as in 'the only one forme.' Some people will use this date and this meaning to tell theirspecial someone that they are the only 'one' in their heart。