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

• 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。
• 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 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
• His elder sister is an old maid.
  他的姐姐是位老处女。
• Not the half of one& if she thinks such old maid's rubbish.
  半点都不&假如她想的是这种老处女的废话。
• No, no.i'm an old maid schoolteacher!
  没有，我只不过是个教师，老太太了！
• 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。
• The ggency gave me this address for the old maid.
  前女仆的地址是中介给我的。
• She was no more than an old maid.
  她不过是个老处女而已。
• 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。