a /ei, ə/, an /æn, ən/ art.(a用于以辅音音素,an用于以元音音素开始的词前) 1. (非特指的)(): a high building 一座高楼; an honest man 一个老实人 2.任何一个(=any): A square has four sides. 正方形有四条边。3. (=one): a pound of butter 一磅奶油  Rome was not built in a day. [谚]伟业非一日可成。4. 每一(=each): twenty dollars a week 每周20美元;three times a day 一日三次 5. 某一(=a certain,用于专有名词前): A Miss Jane is waiting for you. 一位叫简的小姐在等你。