单词 | maiden |
释义 | maid·en ![]() n. 1. Archaic a. An unmarried girl or woman. b. A woman or girl who is a virgin. 2. A machine resembling the guillotine, used in Scotland in the 1500s and 1600s to behead criminals. 3. Sports a. A racehorse that has never won a race. b. See maiden over. adj. 1. Of, relating to, or befitting a maiden. 2. Being an unmarried girl or woman: a maiden aunt. 3. Being a racehorse that has never won a race. 4. First or earliest: a maiden voyage; a maiden speech in the Senate. [Middle English, from Old English mægden; see maghu- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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