old maid
英 [ˌəʊld ˈmeɪd]
美 [ˌoʊld ˈmeɪd]
n. 老姑娘; 老处女
牛津词典
noun
- 老姑娘;老处女
a woman who has never married and is now no longer young
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 老处女,老姑娘(可能具冒犯意味)
People sometimes refer to an old or middle-aged woman as anold maidwhen she has never married and they think that it is unlikely that she ever will marry. This use could cause offence.- Alex is too young to be already thinking of herself as an old maid.
亚历克丝认为自己是个老姑娘的想法还太早了点。
- Alex is too young to be already thinking of herself as an old maid.
英英释义
noun
- a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed
- the loser in a game of old maid
- an elderly unmarried woman
- commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
- any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
双语例句
- As the old maid entered the royal palace, she thought she saw the Buddha coming towards her.
世尊教法的究竟,是秘密的金刚乘。当老女仆进入皇宫,她似乎看到世尊正向她走来。 - In a tiny village lived an old maid.
在一个村子里住着一个还没出嫁的老太太。 - The term is synonymous with old maid.
这个词与老处女同义。 - No, no.i'm an old maid schoolteacher!
没有,我只不过是个教师,老太太了! - Chicago family had as their guest a prim old maid from a small town in the East.
一个东部小镇上的老处女来到芝加哥一户人家作客。 - She is so touchy about everything! I just can not take all her twisted old maid notion.
她对什么事情都容易生气!我就是无法忍受她那偏执的老处女脾气。 - The ggency gave me this address for the old maid.
前女仆的地址是中介给我的。 - She just got tired of waiting and was afraid she'd be an old maid and
她只是等的有点不耐烦了,她担心自己是个老处女而且 - Bachelor's wives and old maid 'children is always perfect.
王老五的老婆和老处女的孩子,无一不十全十美。英迪亚已完全是一副老处女的样子了。 - An old maid has one consolation: she can never be a widow no matter who dies.
老处女有一则安慰:不管是谁死掉也好,她也决不会当寡妇。