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
- "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。 - 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。 - 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。 - He's nothing more than a ridiculous old maid.
他完全是个谨小慎微的可笑人物。 - 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。 - 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 - 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。 - His elder sister is an old maid.
他的姐姐是位老处女。 - 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。 - 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。