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

• Do we know who the old maid was?
  知道以前的女仆是谁吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。