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
- Bachelor's wives and old maid 'children is always perfect.
王老五的老婆和老处女的孩子，无一不十全十美。英迪亚已完全是一副老处女的样子了。 - Jolene has become an old maid.
乔莉成了个老处女。 - 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 - 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。 - 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。 - As the old maid entered the royal palace, she thought she saw the Buddha coming towards her.
世尊教法的究竟，是秘密的金刚乘。当老女仆进入皇宫，她似乎看到世尊正向她走来。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - My father already thinks I'm an old maid.
我老爸已经觉得我是个老女孩了。