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
- 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's had three husbands and I'll be an old maid.
她有过叁个丈夫，而我要变成一个老处女了。 - His elder sister is an old maid.
他的姐姐是位老处女。 - 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。 - My father already thinks I'm an old maid.
我老爸已经觉得我是个老女孩了。 - 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。 - It shall be on your family's behalf that I'll start my apprenticeship as old maid.
谈谈，也许这事情会办妥的。我开始在您家里学习老处女的行当。 - He's nothing more than a ridiculous old maid.
他完全是个谨小慎微的可笑人物。 - 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。 - Jane will be quite an old maid soon, I declare.
我说，吉英马上就要变成一个老处女了。