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
- He's nothing more than a ridiculous old maid.
他完全是个谨小慎微的可笑人物。 - No, no.i'm an old maid schoolteacher!
没有,我只不过是个教师,老太太了! - 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。 - 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 - Do we know who the old maid was?
知道以前的女仆是谁吗? - 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。 - As for me, I've been an old maid all these years and should have some fun too.
我呢,当了这么些年老姑娘,也该痛快几天。 - 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。 - The term is synonymous with old maid.
这个词与老处女同义。 - 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。