spinster

英 ['spɪnstə(r)] 美 ['spɪnstər]

• n. 未婚女人；老处女

英英释义

Noun:

1. an elderly unmarried woman

2. someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. 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妹妹。
2. The sisters were to remain spinsters for the rest of their lives.
   姐妹们准备余生继续保持未婚。
3. The poor good old woman was a spinster.
   那可怜慈祥的妇人是个老处女。
4. If you're single, you'll sound like a dried-up old spinster.
   如果你单身，人家会觉得你是一个干枯的老处女。

经典引文

• While she liked Mr Woolner.., she would be perfectly happy to live..as a spinster.

  出自： G. Daly

• My father entirely supported his three spinster sisters.

  出自： attrib.

近反义词

【近义词】

• single 单一的
• old 老的
• maid 【C】女仆
• old maid 老处女
• bachelor 单身汉
• single woman 单身女郎
• woman 妇女
• spinner 纺纱工人