old maid

old maid什么意思,old maid翻译

基本解释

na.: 老处女；怯懦而又斤斤计较的歇斯底里性的男子；【牌】找寡妇
网络: 老小姐；老丫环；长春花

权威解释

• 老姑娘；老处女:

  a woman who has never married and is now no longer young

英汉解释

• 【牌戏】找寡妇〔一种简单的抽对子牌戏〕

• 老处女

• 怯懦而又斤斤计较的歇斯底里性的男子

例句

• Widow Douglas"s sister , Miss Watson , an old maid with glasses , came to live with her , and I didn"t like her at all .

  道格拉斯的姐姐，沃森小姐，一个带眼镜的老处女，过来陪她一起住，可我一点都不喜欢她。

• She was not, after all, an old maid. No, she was that positive thing, an eternal virgin.

  毕竟她可不是老姑娘；相反，她是那种积极的存在，一位永保贞洁的女子。

• Cheng, the only child in her family, is 29, a borderline "old maid" as far as her mother is concerned.

  程，家里的独身子女，29岁，处在“老处女”的边缘，正如她母亲所担心的。

• You old maid! What, did you think you could catch a man by hopping around like that?

  老处女！怎麽，跳来跳去的就能钓到男人吗？

• She was no more than an old maid .

  她不过是个老处女而已。

• But it seems preferable to squeeze another $30 or $40 a share out of the current suitor rather than risk becoming an old maid.

  但似乎更可取的选择是，从当前这位追求者身上再挤出每股30或40美元，而不是去冒变成老姑娘的风险。

• It is going to be difficult to see who has the Old Maid card.

  要看出谁的手中有老处女卡片很难，只有时间能告诉我们。

• The old maid on the corner lives alone except for her cats.

  住在街角的那个老处女孤单一人，以猫为伴。

• The brutal murder of a 12-year-old maid, believed to have been killed by her powerful employer, has stunned the country.

  据信遭有权势的雇主残酷谋杀的12岁女佣震惊了全国。

• Don"t make me laugh, John. She is an old maid, old enough to be your mother.

  别逗我了，约翰。她是个老处女，她老得可以当你的妈妈了。