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
- I'll try my prentice hand as an old maid in your family.
我开始在您家里学习老处女的行当。 - I hope I soon meet somebody I want to marry, otherwise I'll finish up an old maid.
我希望我很快会遇上个心上人与其成婚，不然的话我就成老处女了。 - She was no more than an old maid.
她不过是个老处女而已。 - When there is an old maid in the house, a watchdog is unnecessary.
当家中有一个老处女，就不需要看门狗了。 - 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。 - 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。 - Well I ain't sorry for you no more, you crazy, psalm-singing, skinny old maid!
我不再为你感到惋惜了，你这疯狂的、唱圣歌的、瘦弱的老未婚女。 - 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 - 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。 - The term is synonymous with old maid.
这个词与老处女同义。