请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 spinster
释义

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
spin•ster /ˈspɪnstɚ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a woman who has remained unmarried.
spin•ster•hood, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
spin•ster  (spinstər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
  2. Law[Chiefly Law.]a woman who has never married.
  3. a woman whose occupation is spinning.
  • Middle English spinnestere a woman who spins. See spin, -ster 1325–75
spinster•hood′, n. 
spinster•ish, adj. 
spinster•ish•ly, adv. 
spinster•like′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
spinster /ˈspɪnstə/ n
  1. an unmarried woman regarded as being beyond the age of marriage
  2. (in legal documents) a woman who has never married
  3. (formerly) a woman who spins thread for her living
Etymology: 14th Century (in the sense: a person, esp a woman, whose occupation is spinning; C17: a woman still unmarried): from spin + -ster

ˈspinsterˌhood n ˈspinsterish adj
随便看

 

英语词典包含188688条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/7/23 17:36:04