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

• 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。
• An old maid has one consolation: she can never be a widow no matter who dies.
  老处女有一则安慰：不管是谁死掉也好，她也决不会当寡妇。
• 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。
• The term is synonymous with old maid.
  这个词与老处女同义。
• 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。
• The ggency gave me this address for the old maid.
  前女仆的地址是中介给我的。
• He's nothing more than a ridiculous old maid.
  他完全是个谨小慎微的可笑人物。
• 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。
• My father already thinks I'm an old maid.
  我老爸已经觉得我是个老女孩了。
• 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。