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

• The ggency gave me this address for the old maid.
  前女仆的地址是中介给我的。
• The term is synonymous with old maid.
  这个词与老处女同义。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• "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。
• She's extremely picky about choosing a boyfriend, I'm afraid she'll become an old maid and never get married.
  她对男朋友的要求实在太高了，真怕她会成为一个迟婚的老女人。
• 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。
• 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。