释义 |
old maidˌold ˈmaid noun [countable] old-fashioned not polite - An old maid, perhaps, but what had Prudence accomplished to get rich?
- Half of her wants to be a fella, and the other half's a frustrated old maid.
- No, it went Prudence was a rich, ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.
- She didn't want false teeth; they would make her look like an old maid.
- She was an old maid and, I would guess, far too peculiar to gather other suitors.
- When she spoke to the old maid, she told her that she would be coming down in the morning.
an offensive word for a woman who has never married and is not young anymore SYN spinster |