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？
• 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。
• 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 hope I soon meet somebody I want to marry, otherwise I'll finish up an old maid.
  我希望我很快会遇上个心上人与其成婚，不然的话我就成老处女了。
• 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。
• No, no.i'm an old maid schoolteacher!
  没有，我只不过是个教师，老太太了！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is going to be difficult to see who has the Old Maid card.
  要看出谁的手中有老处女卡片很难，只有时间能告诉我们。