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n.未婚女人²³;老处女⁷⁷复数spinsters形容词spinsterish名词spinsterhood
爱情婚姻
Noun:
an elderly unmarried womansomeone who spins who twists fibers into threads在古代英国传统中，未婚女子的主要工作就是纺织。女孩需要在结婚前纺织好自己将来结婚时所需要的床单、被套、衣裙等嫁妆。因此，未婚女子在英语中就被称为spinster纺织女。从18世纪开始，该词逐渐用来表示过了适龄年纪的未婚女子，即我们常说的“剩女”。钱博士spin纺纱+ster者，阴性→纺织女→待嫁姑娘⇒剩女，老姑娘
词根spin-纺纱来自日耳曼语，本意为“拉长纤维，将其缠绕成线”。
词源解释在古代英国传统中，未婚女子的主要工作就是纺织。女孩需要在结婚前纺织好自己将来结婚时所需要的床单、被套、衣裙等嫁妆。因此，未婚女子在英语中就被称为spinster纺织女。从18世纪开始，该词逐渐用来表示过了适龄年纪的未婚女子，即我们常说的“剩女”。GRE难词记忆spinster→ spin v.纺纱+ster→年龄很大了还在娘家纺纱的女子→老处女spin纺纱+ster者，阴性→纺织女→待嫁姑娘⇒剩女，老姑娘。词根记忆spin纺纱…纺纱女人…少女近义词 old老的woman妇女maidC女仆single单一的old maid老处女bachelor单身汉spinner纺纱工人single woman单身女郎
Pspinsterhoodn.未婚妇女身份
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用作名词He left his Montana ranch to hisspinstersister.他把他在蒙大拿州的大牧场留给了他未婚妹妹。
The sisters were to remainspinstersfor the rest of their lives.姐妹们准备余生继续保持未婚。
The poor good old woman was aspinster.那可怜慈祥的妇人是个老处女。
If you're single, you'll sound like a dried-up oldspinster.如果你单身，人家会觉得你是一个干枯的老处女。noun.(offensiveunmarried woman)
同义词 virginbachelor girl,lone woman,old maid,single woman
old maidnoun(offensiveolder unmarried woman)
bachelor girl,fuddy-duddy,goody-goody,lone woman,maiden,prig,prude,single woman,unmarried woman A childless single woman of a certain age is no longer automatically perceived as a barren spinster.
没有子女的大龄女性不再被习惯性地视为不育的老处女。 yeeyan
Any other gay man of his time, raised by three spinster aunts in small- town Ohio, might well have stayed in self- loathing denial for ever.
史都华由三个未出阁的姑母抚养长大，成长于俄亥俄的小镇上，在那个年代，像他这种成长背景的男同志总在自我厌恶中否认自己的性向。 ecocn
As an old spinster, she is lonely, sensitive and easily hurt.
她是个老姑娘，孤独、敏感，很容易受得伤害。 absee
More recently we have seen a shift in the cultural view of the spinster.
近年来我们发现对待老姑娘的文化观念有了明显变化。 sznews
The Piano Teacher is based on the novel by Elfriede Jelinek about a spinster piano teacher, who lives with her overbearing mother, and is seduced by her pupil.
该片是根据阿尔弗雷德-杰林奈克小说改变而成的，讲的是终生未嫁、一直和专横的母亲生活在一起的钢琴教师被学生诱惑的故事。 hotdic
The house next below ours was that of an elderly English couples named Childs and their spinster daughter Ethel.
我们家后面第二家是一对年长的来自英国的柴尔兹 Childs夫妇和他们的老姑娘埃塞尔 Ethel。 blog.sina.com.cn
“ Let us see, father,” said the old spinster.
“先看看再说吧，爸。”那老姑娘说。 ebigear
“ Yes,” answered the old spinster; “ it is a disease.”
“我知道，”那个老姑娘回答说，“那是一种病。” ebigear
“ You'll take cold in the evening air, ”urged the spinster aunt, affectionately.
“在这种黄昏时候你要受凉的呀，”老处女姑母脉脉含情地说。 ebigear
A middle-aged spinster, she had run Sir Claud's house for him ever since his wife died some years earlier.
她是个中年妇女，从他妻子死后，一直由她来管理家务。 ezyreg
Cold fish, Old sourpuss, stuck-up spinster. I could still remember all the nicknames of me before Rick came into my life.
冷咸鱼、唠叨婆，老处女，我仍然记得在瑞克闯入我的生命之前自己的那些绰号。 rtucn
Did you ever hear the one about the spinster found dead in her pink bathrobe, surrounded by golden retriever puppies?
你听说过那个裹着粉红浴袍老姑娘吗？死的时候时身边围着好多金毛猎犬幼崽儿的那个？ yeeyan
He was blacksmith, carpenter, tinsmith, brewer and veterinary all rolled into one, as his wife was spinster, weaver and doctor.
他集铁匠、木匠、白铁匠、啤酒酿造者和兽医于一身。他的妻子既是纺纱工、织布工，又是医生。 zftrans.com
I don't think Tom actually loves his spinster aunt. It's simply cupboard love.
我认为汤姆不会真的关心他未婚的姑母，而只是别有所图的爱。 kekenet
If you're single, you 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； q.blog.sina.com.cn
I'm not saying I enjoy single-dom so much so that it is a lifelong spinster pledge, but please stop predicting my marital status just because I'm in a relationship.
我不认为那是对老处女由衷的祝福，因为我并没有那样热爱单身生活。此外，请不要再仅仅因为我正在拍拖就预测我的婚姻状态。 yanziblog.com
In1700 a spinster with a pedal- driven spinning wheel might take200 hours to produce a pound of yarn.
在1700年，一个未婚的老女人用一个脚踏板驱动的纺织机或许需要200小时来生产1磅的纱线。 ecocn
In1700 a spinster with a pedal- driven spinning wheel might take200 hours to produce a pound of yarn. By the 1820s it would take her around an hour.
在1700年，一个纺纱者用踏板驱动的纺车生产一磅纱线需要花费200小时，而到19世纪20年代，只需要差不多1个小时就能完成。 blog.sina.com.cn
Loy Cheung is an easy-going bachelor in his early- forties who is happily living with his widowed motherPaw Hee-Ching and spinster aunt Chu Mi-Mi.
阿来张学友饰是一名四十出头的随和的单身汉，和他的寡母鲍起静饰以及未婚的阿姨朱咪咪饰一起幸福的生活。 yeeyan
Scottish spinster Susan Boyle shot to global stardom after she was discovered last year on the “ Britain's Got Talent” television show with her performance of “ I Dreamed a Dream” from “Les Miserables”.
去年，来自苏格兰的单身大妈苏珊•博伊尔在《英国达人》电视选秀节目中以《悲惨世界》中的一首《我曾有梦》红遍全球。 iciba
Since1976, the percentage of women in their early40s who have not given birth has nearly doubled. A childless single woman of a certain age is no longer automatically perceived as a barren spinster.
从1976年开始，40多岁的未育女性比例将近翻了一番，这个年龄段没有孩子的单身女人也不会再被人自然而然的认为成不会生育的老处女了。 yeeyan
The poor good old woman was a spinster.
那可怜慈祥的妇人是个老处女。 ebigear
You're allowed to step outside of that box of the classical spinster or working girl.
这样你就能跳出传统的老处女或女强人的界限。 ryedu |