maid·en

noun

/ˈmeɪdn/

(literary) a girl or young woman who is not married未婚的女孩或年轻女子
- stories of knights and fair maidens关于骑士和美女的故事
(also maiden over)
(in cricket) an over in which no points are scored未得分的一轮投球Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2

Word OriginOld English mægden, from a Germanic diminutive meaning ‘maid, virgin’; related to German Mädchen, diminutive of Magd ‘maid’, from an Indo-European root shared by Old Irish mug ‘boy, servant’.

maid·en

adjective

/ˈmeɪdn/

[only before noun]

being the first of its kind首次的；初次的
- a maiden flight/voyage (= the first journey made by a plane/ship)初次飞行；首航
- a maiden speech (= the first speech made by an MP in the parliaments of some countries)议员在议会的初次演讲
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Maiden is used with these nouns:
aunt
flight
name
…
Word OriginOld English mægden, from a Germanic diminutive meaning ‘maid, virgin’; related to German Mädchen, diminutive of Magd ‘maid’, from an Indo-European root shared by Old Irish mug ‘boy, servant’.

单词	maiden
释义	maid·en noun /ˈmeɪdn/ /ˈmeɪdn/ (literary) a girl or young woman who is not married未婚的女孩或年轻女子 stories of knights and fair maidens关于骑士和美女的故事 (also maiden over) (in cricket) an over in which no points are scored未得分的一轮投球Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2 Word OriginOld English mægden, from a Germanic diminutive meaning ‘maid, virgin’; related to German Mädchen, diminutive of Magd ‘maid’, from an Indo-European root shared by Old Irish mug ‘boy, servant’. maid·en adjective /ˈmeɪdn/ /ˈmeɪdn/ [only before noun] being the first of its kind首次的；初次的 a maiden flight/voyage (= the first journey made by a plane/ship)初次飞行；首航 a maiden speech (= the first speech made by an MP in the parliaments of some countries)议员在议会的初次演讲 Oxford Collocations DictionaryMaiden is used with these nouns: aunt flight name … Word OriginOld English mægden, from a Germanic diminutive meaning ‘maid, virgin’; related to German Mädchen, diminutive of Magd ‘maid’, from an Indo-European root shared by Old Irish mug ‘boy, servant’.
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