spinster
英 [ˈspɪnstə(r)]
美 [ˈspɪnstər]
n. 老处女; 老姑娘
复数：spinsters
BNC.14367 / COCA.22068
牛津词典
noun
- 老处女；老姑娘
a woman who is not married, especially an older woman who is not likely to marry
柯林斯词典
- (老)处女;未婚中年(或老年)女子
Aspinsteris a woman who has never been married; used especially when talking about an old or middle-aged woman.
英英释义
noun
- someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)
- an elderly unmarried woman
双语例句
- I don't think Tom actually loves his spinster aunt. It's simply cupboard love.
我认为汤姆不会真的关心他未婚的姑母，而只是别有所图的爱。 - The state of being a spinster ( usually an elderly unmarried woman).
老处女的状态（通常指年龄大的未婚妇女）。 - There was also in this house, between this elderly spinster and this old man, a child, a little boy, who was always trembling and mute in the presence of M.Gillenormand.
在这家人里，除了那个老姑娘和那老头以外，还有一个小孩，一个在吉诺曼先生面前便会发抖沉默的小男孩。 - Miss Havisham is an iconic character over here in Britain: an embittered spinster who sits in her mouldering mansion still wearing the wedding dress she wore when she was jilted at the altar;
郝薇香小姐是在英国非常标志性的人物：一个坐在自己破落的大宅里哀怨的老处女，依然穿着她在婚礼时被抛弃在圣坛前时的婚纱。 - There's nothing shameful in being a spinster.
当老处女也没什么丢人的，看看皮蒂姑妈。 - Maybe I am destined to be a sad old spinster.
或许我命中注定只是一个忧愁的老处女。 - A spinster or a virgin lady.
老处女或未婚女子。 - These households comprised of an old man and an old spinster are not rare, and always have the touching aspect of two weaknesses leaning on each other for support.
这种由一个老头子和一个老姑娘组成的家庭是一点不稀罕的，那种两老相依为命的情景总会令人怅然神往。 - A spinster is a bachelor's wife.
怨妇乃旷夫之妻。 - I've been worried since I first met you that you might end up being a spinster.
我第一次见到你时曾经担心过你会不会变成个老姑婆。