spinster
英 [ˈspɪnstə(r)]
美 [ˈspɪnstər]
n. 老处女; 老姑娘
复数：spinsters
BNC.14367 / COCA.22068
牛津词典
noun
- 老处女；老姑娘
a woman who is not married, especially an older woman who is not likely to marry
柯林斯词典
- (老)处女;未婚中年(或老年)女子
Aspinsteris a woman who has never been married; used especially when talking about an old or middle-aged woman.
英英释义
noun
- someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)
- an elderly unmarried woman
双语例句
- There's nothing shameful in being a spinster.
当老处女也没什么丢人的，看看皮蒂姑妈。 - You're going to end up being a high-school spinster.
那你就变成本校最后处女。 - Pure and vestal modesty; a spinster or virgin lady; men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal.
贞洁的端庄；未婚妇女或者处女；男人们规定他们的女人必须是贞洁的处女。 - Miss Havisham is an iconic character over here in Britain: an embittered spinster who sits in her mouldering mansion still wearing the wedding dress she wore when she was jilted at the altar;
郝薇香小姐是在英国非常标志性的人物：一个坐在自己破落的大宅里哀怨的老处女，依然穿着她在婚礼时被抛弃在圣坛前时的婚纱。 - I don't think Tom actually loves his spinster aunt. It's simply cupboard love.
我认为汤姆不会真的关心他未婚的姑母，而只是别有所图的爱。 - You're a frustrated spinster taking it out in idiot causes and dangerous ideas.
你只是一个有着愚蠢和危险想法的失意的老处女罢了。 - A spinster is an unmarried woman who is past the usual age for marrying and is considered unlikely to marry.
老女人指的是已经过了该结婚的年龄却还未结婚，而且不太容易嫁的出去的未婚女子。 - "Let us see, father," said the old spinster.
“先看看再说吧，爸。”那老姑娘说。 - A spinster or a virgin lady.
老处女或未婚女子。 - That you might end up a spinster.
你会不会变成个老姑婆。