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

• 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
• My father already thinks I'm an old maid.
  我老爸已经觉得我是个老女孩了。
• 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。
• 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。
• She was no more than an old maid.
  她不过是个老处女而已。
• Do we know who the old maid was?
  知道以前的女仆是谁吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• He's nothing more than a ridiculous old maid.
  他完全是个谨小慎微的可笑人物。
• 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。