maiden

noun

/ˈmeɪdn/

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(literary) a young girl or woman who is not married
- stories of knights and fair maidens
(also maiden over)
(in cricket) an over in which no points are scoredTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2

Word OriginOld English mægden, from a Germanic diminutive meaning ‘maid, virgin’; related to German Mädchen, diminutive of Magd ‘maid’, from an Indo-European root shared by Old Irish mug ‘boy, servant’.

maiden

adjective

/ˈmeɪdn/

[only before noun]

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being the first of its kind
- a maiden flight/voyage (= the first journey made by a plane/ship)
- a maiden speech (= the first speech made by an MP in the parliaments of some countries)
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Maiden is used with these nouns:
aunt
flight
name
…
See full entry
Word OriginOld English mægden, from a Germanic diminutive meaning ‘maid, virgin’; related to German Mädchen, diminutive of Magd ‘maid’, from an Indo-European root shared by Old Irish mug ‘boy, servant’.

单词	maiden
释义	maiden noun /ˈmeɪdn/ /ˈmeɪdn/ jump to other results (literary) a young girl or woman who is not married stories of knights and fair maidens (also maiden over) (in cricket) an over in which no points are scoredTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2 Word OriginOld English mægden, from a Germanic diminutive meaning ‘maid, virgin’; related to German Mädchen, diminutive of Magd ‘maid’, from an Indo-European root shared by Old Irish mug ‘boy, servant’. maiden adjective /ˈmeɪdn/ /ˈmeɪdn/ [only before noun] jump to other results being the first of its kind a maiden flight/voyage (= the first journey made by a plane/ship) a maiden speech (= the first speech made by an MP in the parliaments of some countries) Oxford Collocations DictionaryMaiden is used with these nouns: aunt flight name … See full entry Word OriginOld English mægden, from a Germanic diminutive meaning ‘maid, virgin’; related to German Mädchen, diminutive of Magd ‘maid’, from an Indo-European root shared by Old Irish mug ‘boy, servant’.
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