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

• His elder sister is an old maid.
  他的姐姐是位老处女。
• 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。
• 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。
• "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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Jolene has become an old maid.
  乔莉成了个老处女。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。