old maid
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N-COUNT 老处女,老姑娘(可能具冒犯意味)
People sometimes refer to an old or middle-aged woman as an old maid when she has never married and they think that it is unlikely that she ever will marry. This use could cause offence.Alex is too young to be already thinking of herself as an old maid.
亚历克丝认为自己是个老姑娘的想法还太早了点。
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- a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed;players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or `old maid')
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- the loser in a game of old maid
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- an elderly unmarried woman
- Synonym: spinster
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- commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
- Synonym: periwinkle rose periwinkle Madagascar periwinkle Cape periwinkle red periwinkle cayenne jasmine Catharanthus roseus Vinca rosea
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- any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
- Synonym: zinnia old maid flower
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Alex is too young to be already thinking of herself as an old maid .
亚历克丝认为自己是个老姑娘的想法还太早了点。
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Lucy said wryly ," mike , if you don 't build that hospital , I 'll die an old maid . "
璐西噘着嘴说:“迈克呀,要是你不修建那个医院,那我可能到死还是老姑娘。”
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My father already thinks I 'm an old maid .
我老爸已经觉得我是个老女孩了。
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Do we know who the old maid was ?
知道以前的女仆是谁吗?
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Bachelor 's wives and old maid ' children is always perfect .
王老五的老婆和老处女的孩子,无一不十全十美。英迪亚已完全是一副老处女的样子了。
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To keep from being an old maid .
以防变成老处女。
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What is the old maid thinking of ?
这位老小姐有什么感想呢?
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She 's had three husbands and I 'll be an old maid .
她有过叁个丈夫,而我要变成一个老处女了。
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In a tiny village lived an old maid .
在一个村子里住着一个还没出嫁的老太太。
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He 's nothing more than a ridiculous old maid .
他完全是个谨小慎微的可笑人物。
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Catherine has settled down to becoming an old maid .
凯瑟琳倒安心当老处女。
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Am I ever gonna find a boyfriend again ? I gonna die an old maid .
我再也交不到男朋友了,我会变成老姑婆。
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I 'll try my prentice hand as an old maid in your family .
我开始在您家里学习老处女的行当。
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The term is synonymous with old maid .
这个词与老处女同义。
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The eldest had remained an old maid and had no nest nor young ones .
它们中间一只最老的麻雀现在是一个老姑娘,它既没有窠,也没有孩子。
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You 're not gonna die an old maid , maybe an old spinster cook .
你不会变成老姑婆,可能会变成老厨娘。
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The ggency gave me this address for the old maid .
前女仆的地址是中介给我的。
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When there is an old maid in the house , a watchdog is unnecessary .
当家中有一个老处女,就不需要看门狗了。
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As for me , I 've been an old maid all these years and should have some fun too .
我呢,当了这么些年老姑娘,也该痛快几天。
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" 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。
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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。
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As the old maid entered the royal palace , she thought she saw the Buddha coming towards her .
世尊教法的究竟,是秘密的金刚乘。当老女仆进入皇宫,她似乎看到世尊正向她走来。
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Remember you released two thousand palace maids ? My old maid has two boys now , she is so happy .
您还记得您遣送两千宫女回家吧?我过去的侍女已经有两个孩子了,尽享天伦之乐。
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The second chapter , from a feminist perspective , reveals this type of characters of the old maid of the social and historical reasons .
第二章,从女性主义的视角,揭示老处女这一类人物形象产生的社会历史原因。
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No , no.i 'm an old maid schoolteacher !
没有,我只不过是个教师,老太太了!
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She is so touchy about everything ! I just can not take all her twisted old maid notion .
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。
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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。
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The queen said , ' Tomorrow the Sangha are coming to the palace . Please invite the old maid to come too .
女皇说到:明天僧伽们会来此,请邀请那位老女仆也一道过来。
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Well I ain 't sorry for you no more , you crazy , psalm-singing , skinny old maid !
我不再为你感到惋惜了,你这疯狂的、唱圣歌的、瘦弱的老未婚女。
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She was an old maid , who always appeared to take life too seriously , though she was capable of being tempted into some fun from time to time .
处女,对生活的态度总是显得过于严肃,当然时而也会受到诱惑而嬉戏一下。