old maid 详细解释

old maid

[əuld meid]

n. 老处女, 谨小慎微的人, 一种纸牌游戏

词形变化

形容词: old-maidish |

词义辨析

同义参见:

single  spinster  

英英释义

名词 old maid:

an elderly unmarried woman

同义词：spinster

any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads

同义词：zinnia, old maid flower

commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers

同义词：periwinkle, rose periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, Cape periwinkle, red periwinkle, cayenne jasmine, Catharanthus roseus, Vinca rosea

the loser in a game of old maid

a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or `old maid')

补充

old maidold maid1.老处女(抽出的一张牌后分牌,然后对对子,类似中国的蹩七和蹩王八)

例句

1. Alex is too young to be thinking of herself as an old maid.亚历克丝认为自己是个老姑娘的想法还太早了点。 2. She's 19, so not exactly an old maid.她才19岁, 所以还算不上是是老姑娘。 3. He was a sissy, an old maid.他懦弱胆怯, 谨小慎微。 4. he said James was an old maid.他说詹姆斯是个古板挑剔的人。 5. "In my generation, you were considered an old maid at 25."在我那个年代，25岁就被认为是老姑娘了。

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