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maid.en WOMAN5meI7d[nn [C]literary a girl or young woman少女,年轻女子In the story, the prince woos and wins the fair (= beautiful) maiden.故事里,王子向那位美丽少女求婚并得到了同意。A woman's maiden name is the family name she has before she gets married.婚前姓氏It is becoming more common for a British woman to keep her maiden name after getting married.英国妇女在婚后保留自己姓氏的做法正变得越来越普遍。A maiden aunt is an aunt who is not married and is no longer young.岁数不小的未婚的姑妈(或姨妈)"Marrying left your maiden name disused" (Philip Larkin in the poem Maiden Name, 1955)“婚姻废弃了你的娘家姓氏”(选自诗《娘家姓氏》,菲利浦·拉金 )
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