spinster
英['sp?nst?]
美['sp?nst?]
- n. 老姑娘；未婚女人
實用場景例句
- [不可數名詞]For most women, marriage used to bring a higher status than spinsterhood.
- 從前，就多數婦女而言，結婚的比獨身的更有地位。
牛津詞典
- He left his Montana ranch to his spinster sister.
- 他把他在蒙大拿州的大牧場留給了他未婚的妹妹.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- A spinster is a bachelor's wife.
- 怨婦乃曠夫之妻.
期刊摘選
- It'sounds like some old spinster with a pleated skirt and frilly blouse.
- 它聽起來就像一個穿著鑲褶邊的襯衫和百褶裙的老處女.
期刊摘選
- I do not think Tom actually loves his spinster aunt . Its simply cupboard love.
- 我想,湯姆不是真心關懷他那個老去沒嫁的姑母,只是愛她的財產罷了.
期刊摘選
- There's nothing shameful in being a spinster.
- 當老處女也沒什么丟人的,看看皮蒂姑媽.
飄（部分）
- " Just my sister in New Mexico, " he volunteered. " But she's a humble spinster nun. "
- “ 我有個妹妹在新墨西哥州, ” 他主動地說. “ 可她是個地位低微的老姑娘修女. ”
期刊摘選
- So saying, she pointed out to the spinster two napoleons which were glittering on the table.
- 她一面說, 一面指著桌子,把那兩個發亮的拿破侖指給那老姑娘看.
期刊摘選
- In America law and custom alike is based upon the dream of spinster.
- 在美國,法律與風俗習慣一樣,是把基礎置于老處女的夢想之上.
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