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.
  1. 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。

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
  Synonym:spinster
• commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
  Synonym:periwinklerose periwinkleMadagascar periwinkleCape periwinklered periwinklecayenne jasmineCatharanthus roseusVinca rosea
• any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
  Synonym:zinniaold maid flower

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• The ggency gave me this address for the old maid.
  前女仆的地址是中介给我的。
• 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。
• My father already thinks I'm an old maid.
  我老爸已经觉得我是个老女孩了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• "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。