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

• Jane will be quite an old maid soon, I declare.
  我说，吉英马上就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。
• 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。
• He's nothing more than a ridiculous old maid.
  他完全是个谨小慎微的可笑人物。
• Do we know who the old maid was?
  知道以前的女仆是谁吗？
• 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 is so touchy about everything! I just can not take all her twisted old maid notion.
  她对什么事情都容易生气！我就是无法忍受她那偏执的老处女脾气。
• My father already thinks I'm an old maid.
  我老爸已经觉得我是个老女孩了。
• "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。