old maid

old maid

美 　英

• n.老姑娘；老处女
• 网络老小姐；老丫环；长春花

词形变化

复数：old maids  

英汉双解

英汉解释

na.	1. 老处女 2. 怯懦而又斤斤计较的歇斯底里性的男子 3. 【牌】找寡妇

英英解释

n.	1. an insulting word for an older woman who has not been married and is unlikely to get married 2. someone who has old-fashioned opinions and is too worried about small details

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。

Uh. You may be young in years, but your heart is as shriveled as an old maid's.

呃。你虽然年纪轻轻，但是你的心却和老妇人一样布满皱纹…

She just got tired of waiting and was afraid she'd be an old maid and. . .

她只是等的有点不耐烦了，她担心自己是个老处女而且…

One aunt was a widow with a large family (six children, one smaller than another), the other a horrid old maid.

一个姑姑是个寡妇，家庭人口多，有六个孩子，而且一个比一个小；另一个是老处女，为人可恶。

Strangely enough, Annixter's clothes were disposed of on the single chair with the precision of an old maid.

说来奇怪，安尼克斯特的衣裳却整整齐齐的放在仅有的那把椅子上，象老小姐做事那样仔细。

Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle.

当一个老处女，好比溺水而死，到了停止挣扎之后，就会有那真正快乐的感觉了。

She's extremely picky about choosing a boyfriend, I'm afraid she'll become an old maid and never get married.

她对男朋友的要求实在太高了，真怕她会成为一个迟婚的老女人。

THE old-fashioned financial system was like Old Maid, a parlour game once beloved of small children.

老式的金融系统就象是小孩子喜欢玩的一种扑克牌。

Click on the chart below for an animated explanation of how this game of Old Maid is played with hundreds of billions of dollars.

点击下面图表，会看到这种“老处女”游戏如何玩转成百上千亿美元的生动说明。

Come on, Henry, tell me if I'm gonna be an old maid.

快点，亨利，告诉我，我是不是会终身不嫁啊。

"Mother is not an old maid, " said his virgin sister with pinched lips.

“妈妈可不是老处女，”身为处女的妹妹噘着嘴说。

An old maid has one consolation: she can never be a widow no matter who dies.

老处女有一则安慰：不管是谁死掉也好，她也决不会当寡妇。

Prince Andrey wants a son and not an old maid, " he would say. "

安德烈公爵所需要的是儿子，而不是处女。

Only deep love will persuade me to marry. Which is why i'll end up an old maid.

只有真挚的爱才能让我结婚，这就是为什么我终将会成为一位老姑娘。

The queen said, 'Tomorrow the Sangha are coming to the palace. Please invite the old maid to come too. '

女皇说到：“明天僧伽们会来到皇宫，请邀请那位老女仆也一道过来。”

SCARLETT: As if I couldn't get a better beau than that old maid in britches .

思嘉：好像我找不到一个比那穿裤子的老女人更好的男友似的。

At the end of Old Maid as banks used to play it, the loser would take a big write-off and then everyone could start playing again.

在旧式扑克游戏的最后结局，输家将承担一笔巨大的坏帐注销，然后所有人都可以重新开始游戏。

But personally, I'd rather be an old maid than marry him.

不过要是我的话，我就宁愿当一辈子老小姐也不嫁给他。

Catherine has settled down to becoming an old maid .

凯瑟琳倒安心当老处女。

I don't care if I wind up and old maid.

如果嫁不成，当老处女我也不在乎。

As if I couldn't get a better beau than that old maid in britches .

如我找不到比那个穿着裤子的老男人更好的男友的话。

Now it looks like she really will be an old maid .

现在看来，她真要做老处女了。

Bachelor 's wives and old maid ' children are always perfect.

王老五的老婆和老处女的孩子，无一不十全十美。

As the old maid entered the royal palace, she thought she saw the Buddha coming towards her.

当老女仆进入皇宫，她似乎看到世尊正向她走来。

she is so touchy about everything ! i just can ' t take all her twisted old maid notions.

她对什么事情都容易生气！我就是无法忍受她那偏执的老处女脾气。

Not the half of one--if she thinks such old maid's rubbish.

半点都不——假如她想的是这种老处女的废话。

jane will be quite an old maid soon , i declare.

我说，吉英马上就要变成一个老处女了。

That old maid-in-waiting immediately put ons the overshoeses, with the speed that same chase in the behind.

那个老宫女立刻穿上套鞋，以同样的速度在后面追赶。

Old Maid? ls this supposed to be funny?

老太太？这很好笑吗？

Chicago family had as their guest a prim old maid from a small town in the East.

一个东部小镇上的老处女来到芝加哥一户人家作客。

The feeling is shared by normal Guineans. Bineta Piero, a 32-year-old maid and student in Bissau, says everyone will be sad at the funeral.

普通的几内亚人也有同感。32岁的比内塔·皮耶罗是比绍的一个女学生，她说，每个人在葬礼上都会感到悲伤。