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
- The ggency gave me this address for the old maid.
前女仆的地址是中介给我的。 - Jolene has become an old maid.
乔莉成了个老处女。 - Not the half of one& if she thinks such old maid's rubbish.
半点都不&假如她想的是这种老处女的废话。 - 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。 - 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。 - "Mother is not an old maid," said his virgin sister with pinched lips.
“妈妈可不是老处女,”身为处女的妹妹噘着嘴说。 - 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。 - He's nothing more than a ridiculous old maid.
他完全是个谨小慎微的可笑人物。 - Remember you released two thousand palace maids? My old maid has two boys now, she is so happy.
您还记得您遣送两千宫女回家吧?我过去的侍女已经有两个孩子了,尽享天伦之乐。 - Do we know who the old maid was?
知道以前的女仆是谁吗?