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語源

From stand +‎ alone.

発音

• IPA: /ˈstænd.əˌləʊn/

形容詞

stand-alone (not comparable)

1. Operating, functioning, or existing without additions or assistance; independent; able to be separate or separated; not attached to anything.

   Synonyms: self-standing, freestanding

   They offer an inexpensive add-on for a computer, or a stand-alone system with all the functions built in.

   • 1986 July, “Become a famous composer and appear in ZZAP!”, in Roger Kean, editor, ZZAP! 64, number 15, Ludlow, Shropshire: Newsfield, →OCLC, page 89, column 4:

     Make sure your music software is stand-alone, too (ie, it doesn’t have to be loaded into a utility—we don’t want to have to mess around with bits of wire or umpteen different programs just to hear your maestropiece).

2. Not part of a series, or not requiring familiarity with that series.

   a stand-alone sequel

名詞

stand-alone (plural stand-alones)

1. (rare) A device that can operate on its own, rather than as an accessory for another device.
   • 1985, Carole Boggs Matthews, Martin S. Matthews, Word Processing for the IBM PC and PCjr and Compatible Computers‎:

     Standalone systems, also known as dedicated systems, are often thought to provide word processing cervices alone. In truth, some standalones — but not all of them — can be used for other functions as well.
     […]
     Also, some standalones can only be used for word processing; if you need other computer functions, you can't have them.

2. (by extension) Something that is not a part of some series or sequence.

   Near-synonym: one-off

   • 2014, DiAnn Mills, Firewall‎:

     This standalone will delight and draw readers of Christian romantic suspense like […]