spinsterhood

英

美

网络  单身; 独身; 未婚; 老处女了

法律

BNC.49371 / COCA.44200

英英释义

noun

• the state of being a spinster (usually an elderly unmarried woman)

双语例句

• But nobody said anything about poor Berry, who cried for six weeks ( being soundly rated by her good aunt all the time), and lapsed into a state of hopeless spinsterhood.
  可是对可怜的贝里却没有一个人说过一句话；她哭了六个星期（她善良的姑妈一直在严厉地斥责她），并落到一个绝望的老处女的处境。