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
- His elder sister is an old maid.
他的姐姐是位老处女。 - 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。 - She's extremely picky about choosing a boyfriend, I'm afraid she'll become an old maid and never get married.
她对男朋友的要求实在太高了，真怕她会成为一个迟婚的老女人。 - She was no more than an old maid.
她不过是个老处女而已。 - 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 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。