old maid

• n. 老处女；谨小慎微的人；一种纸牌游戏

形容词: old-maidish

old maid的英文翻译是什么意思，词典释义与在线翻译：

参考翻译

• 老处女

英英释义

Noun:

1. an elderly unmarried woman

2. any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads

3. commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers

4. the loser in a game of old maid

5. 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')

old maid的用法和样例：

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Catherine has settled down to becoming an old maid.
   凯瑟琳倒安心当老处女。
2. She was no more than an old maid.
   她不过是个老处女而已。
3. America is the staid old lady in this drama.
   在这出剧中，美国是谨小慎微的。

经典引文

• He..seems more prissy old maid than confirmed old bachelor.

  出自：Chicago Tribune

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近反义词

【近义词】

• spinster 未婚女人
• single 单一的
• periwinkle 长春花属的植物...
• zinnia [植]百日菊
• Vinca rosea 长春花
• Catharanthus roseus 长春花