spinster
英 [ˈspɪnstə(r)]
美 [ˈspɪnstər]
n. 老处女; 老姑娘
复数:spinsters
BNC.14367 / COCA.22068
牛津词典
noun
- 老处女;老姑娘
a woman who is not married, especially an older woman who is not likely to marry
柯林斯词典
- (老)处女;未婚中年(或老年)女子
Aspinsteris a woman who has never been married; used especially when talking about an old or middle-aged woman.
英英释义
noun
- someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)
- an elderly unmarried woman
双语例句
- So saying, she pointed out to the spinster two napoleons which were glittering on the table.
她一面说,一面指着桌子,把那两个发亮的拿破仑指给那老姑娘看。 - There was also in this house, between this elderly spinster and this old man, a child, a little boy, who was always trembling and mute in the presence of M.Gillenormand.
在这家人里,除了那个老姑娘和那老头以外,还有一个小孩,一个在吉诺曼先生面前便会发抖沉默的小男孩。 - There's nothing shameful in being a spinster.
当老处女也没什么丢人的,看看皮蒂姑妈。 - Don't take me easy cause I'm a spinster!
别想轻薄我,我还没结婚呢! - She's become a typical spinster& can't understand why with four children my house is always untidy!
她成了个典型的老处女&不明白为什么我家因为有了4个孩子而常常乱七八糟的! - Twenty or thirty years ago it was believed that a women must either many young or risk becoming a spinster.
二三十年前,人们普遍认为一个女人要么早早结婚,要么很可能成为一个老处女。 - I've been worried since I first met you that you might end up being a spinster.
我第一次见到你时曾经担心过你会不会变成个老姑婆。 - A spinster is an unmarried woman who is past the usual age for marrying and is considered unlikely to marry.
老女人指的是已经过了该结婚的年龄却还未结婚,而且不太容易嫁的出去的未婚女子。 - "Yes," answered the old spinster;" it is a disease."
“我知道,”那个老姑娘回答说,“那是一种病。” - You're going to end up being a high-school spinster.
那你就变成本校最后处女。