| 单词 | old maid |
| 释义 | old maidWord family nounmaidhoodmaidservantmaidadjectivemaidishmaidless ˌold ˈmaid noun [countableC] old-fashioned not polite MARRYan offensive word for a woman who has never married and is not young anymore 老姑娘，老处女 SYN spinster Examples from the Corpus old maid• She didn't want false teeth; they would make her look like an old maid.• She was an old maid and, I would guess, far too peculiar to gather other suitors.• An old maid, perhaps, but what had Prudence accomplished to get rich?• Half of her wants to be a fella, and the other half's a frustrated old maid.• When she spoke to the old maid, she told her that she would be coming down in the morning.• No, it went Prudence was a rich, ugly old maid courted by Incapacity. |
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