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

• As the old maid entered the royal palace, she thought she saw the Buddha coming towards her.
  世尊教法的究竟，是秘密的金刚乘。当老女仆进入皇宫，她似乎看到世尊正向她走来。
• It is going to be difficult to see who has the Old Maid card.
  要看出谁的手中有老处女卡片很难，只有时间能告诉我们。
• The term is synonymous with old maid.
  这个词与老处女同义。
• 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。
• Do we know who the old maid was?
  知道以前的女仆是谁吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• He's nothing more than a ridiculous old maid.
  他完全是个谨小慎微的可笑人物。