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 term is synonymous with old maid.
  这个词与老处女同义。
• 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。
• 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。
• When there is an old maid in the house, a watchdog is unnecessary.
  当家中有一个老处女，就不需要看门狗了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• My father already thinks I'm an old maid.
  我老爸已经觉得我是个老女孩了。
• His elder sister is an old maid.
  他的姐姐是位老处女。