| 释义 |
maidenship|ˈmeɪd(ə)nʃɪp|
[f. maiden n. + -ship.]
The personality of a maiden; chiefly in Your Maidenship, as a playful form of address.
1602Rowlands Tis Merrie 22 Your Mayden-ship takes Liquor in too nice. 1637Heywood Royall King iii. i. E 2 b, Yes if it please your Maidenship. 1756F. Brooke Old Maid No. 9. 64 Your maidenship has opened a channel, through which my thoughts may flow. 1831Fraser's Mag. IV. 183 We trust that their chaste maidenships the Muses will not suffer much of this metrical rubbish to fall in our way. |