old maid

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishold maidˌold ˈmaid noun [countable] old-fashioned not polite MARRYan offensive word for a woman who has never married and is not young anymore SYN spinsterExamples from the Corpusold maid• 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.• 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.• When she spoke to the old maid, she told her that she would be coming down in the morning.• No, it went Prudence was a rich, ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.

单词	old maid
释义	old maid From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishold maidˌold ˈmaid noun [countable] old-fashioned not polite MARRYan offensive word for a woman who has never married and is not young anymore SYN spinsterExamples from the Corpusold maid• 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.• 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.• When she spoke to the old maid, she told her that she would be coming down in the morning.• No, it went Prudence was a rich, ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.
随便看	keep in trim keep in with keep in with somebody keep informed keep it real keep keep in order keep keep quiet keep keep quiet about keep left keep left/right keep mind off keep mum keep occupied keep off keep off keep off etc keep off stride keep on keep on keep on keep on a leash keep on about keep on at keep on doing keep on doing