spinster 详细解释

spinster

['spinstə]

n.未婚女人, 老处女

n.[C]

1. 【美】从事纺织的女子

2. 未婚女子

3. 老处女

a fifty-year-old spinster

五十岁的老处女

词形变化

形容词: spinsterish | 名词: spinsterhood |

词义辨析

同义:

n.未婚女人

old maid  single woman  

同义参见:

single  

反义:

n.未婚女人; 老处女

bachelor  

英英释义

名词 spinster:

an elderly unmarried woman

同义词:old maid

someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)

同义词:spinner, thread maker

补充

spinsterspinster英:[ˈspinstə] 美:[ˈspɪnstɚ]n.1.未婚女人, 老处女He left his Montana ranch to his spinster sister.他把他在蒙大拿州的大牧场留给了他未婚的妹妹。

例句

1. a middle-aged spinster一位中年未婚女子 2. She was afraid of becoming a spinster.她害怕变成老姑娘。 3. my spinster aunts我那几位老处女姑妈