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词典释义:
spinster
时间: 2023-09-28 15:32:03
英 [ˈspɪnstə]
美 [ˈspɪnstər]

n. 老小姐;老处女

双语例句
  • The spinster in the village was jeered by the villagers.

    这个村落里的老姑娘受尽了村民的嘲笑。

  • The old spinster has recently lost hope in life and work.

    这位大龄剩女最近对生活和工作失去了希望。

  • Most spinsters want to spend the rest of their lives with people who are more mature than themselves.

    大部分独身女性都想和比自己成熟的人共度余生。

  • A spinster is a woman who has never been married.

    老姑娘是一个从未结过婚的女人

  • In 1700, a spinster with a pedal-driven spinning wheel might take 200 hours to produce a pound of yarn.

    在1700年,一位拥有踏板驱动的纺车的未婚的老女人可能需要200个小时才能生产出一磅纱线。

  • "Let us see, father," said the old spinster.

    “先看看再说吧,爸。”那老姑娘说。

释义
n.

an unmarried woman, typically an older woman beyond the usual age for marriage

老小姐,老处女。

词源

"late Middle English (in the sense ‘woman who spins’): from the verb SPIN + -STER; in early use the term was appended to names of women to denote their occupation. The current sense dates from the early 18th cent."

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