old maid

old maid读音音标

英 [əuld meid]

美 [old med]

old maid意思解释

释义

老处女（抽出的一张牌后分牌，然后对对子，类似中国的蹩七和蹩王八）；

变形

复数：old maids

英英释义

n.

an elderly unmarried woman

同义词：spinster

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

同义词：zinniaold maid flower

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

同义词：periwinklerose periwinkleMadagascar periwinkleCape periwinklered periwinklecayenne jasmineCatharanthus roseusVinca rosea

the loser in a game of old maid

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\')

双语例句

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