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spinster单词基本解析:
n.未婚女人,老处女n.未婚女人, 老处女
n.未婚女人,老处女;
spinster变化用词:
复数:spinsters;形容词: spinsterish | 名词: spinsterhood |
复数:spinsters
spinster英英释义:
Noun1. an elderly unmarried woman
2. someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)
名词 spinster:
an elderly unmarried woman
同义词:old maid
someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)
同义词:spinner, thread maker
spinster[ 'spinstə ]n.an elderly unmarried woman
同义词:old maid
someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)同义词:spinnerthread maker
spinster中文词源:
spinster 老处女,老姑娘 来自 spin,纺织,编织,-ster,表阴性。即纺纱者,后代指老处女,老姑娘,含强烈的暗示意 味。spinster用法和例句:
[不可数名词]For most women, marriage used to bring a higher status than spinsterhood.
从前,就多数妇女而言,结婚的比独身的更有地位。
He left his Montana ranch to his spinster sister.
他把他在蒙大拿州的大牧场留给了他未婚的妹妹.
《简明英汉词典》
A spinster is a bachelor's wife.
怨妇乃旷夫之妻.
It'sounds like some old spinster with a pleated skirt and frilly blouse.
它听起来就像一个穿着镶褶边的衬衫和百褶裙的老处女.
I do not think Tom actually loves his spinster aunt . Its simply cupboard love.
我想,汤姆不是真心关怀他那个老去没嫁的姑母,只是爱她的财产罢了.
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.
飘(部分)
" Just my sister in New Mexico, " he volunteered. " But she's a humble spinster nun. "
“ 我有个妹妹在新墨西哥州, ” 他主动地说. “ 可她是个地位低微的老姑娘修女. ”
So saying, she pointed out to the spinster two napoleons which were glittering on the table.
她一面说, 一面指着桌子,把那两个发亮的拿破仑指给那老姑娘看.
In America law and custom alike is based upon the dream of spinster.
在美国,法律与风俗习惯一样,是把基础置于老处女的梦想之上.
spinster
"Just my sister in New Mexico," he volunteered."But she's a humble spinster nun."
“我有个妹妹在新墨西哥州,”他主动地说。“可她是个地位低微的老姑娘修女。”
"Yes," answered the old spinster ,"it is a disease."
“我知道,”那个老姑娘回答说,“那是一种
"Yes," answered the old spinster,"it is a disease."
“我知道,”那个老姑娘回答说,“那是一种病。”
"You're allowed to step outside of that box of the classical spinster or working girl.
“这样你就能跳出传统的老**或女强人的界限。”
Spinster Why Jane Austen Never Married
为何简·奥斯汀从没结过婚
Twenty or thirty years ago it was believed that a women must either many young or risk becoming a spinster.
二三十年前,人们普遍认为一个女人要么早早结婚,要么很可能成为一个老**。
That never set a squadron in the field, Nor the division of a battle knows More than a spinster;
他从来不曾在战场上领过一队兵,对于布阵作战的知识,懂得简直也不比一个老守空闺的女人多;
These pieces were picked up by girls of marriageable age who were present,the girl with the largest fragment being destined to marry first,the girl with the smallest being fated to remain a spinster.
他们认为在这种情况下,继续保留公用电话,不啻是一种倒退。
He left his Montana ranch to his spinster sister.
他把他在蒙大拿州的大牧场留给了他未婚妹妹。
He was blacksmith, carpenter, tinsmith, brewer and veterinary all rolled into one, as his wife was spinster, weaver and doctor.
他集铁匠、木匠、白铁匠、啤酒酿造者和兽医于一身。他的妻子既是纺纱工、织布工,又是医生。
The Successful Spinster: The term “spinster” is quite well known these days.
优剩女:“剩女”这个名词已经逐渐为大家所了解和熟悉。
Susan Boyle, the dowdy Scottish spinster whose mighty singing voice has catapulted her to global fame thanks to YouTube, won through to the next round of talent show "Britain's Got Talent" Saturday.
其貌不扬的英国单身大妈苏珊-波伊尔于上周六在“英国达人”选秀比赛中成功晋级。此前,她的天籁之音被上传至YouTube网站,并因此在全球一举成名。
These pieces were picked up by girls of marriageable age who were present, the girl with the largest fragment being destined to marry first, the girl with the smallest being fated to remain a spinster.
在场的适婚女子会拾起这些碎片,捡到最大碎片的女子注定会最快结婚,而捡到最小碎片的将会终生不婚。
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.M.
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。
So saying, she pointed out to the spinster two napoleons which were glittering on the table
她一面说,一面指着桌子,把那两个发亮的拿破仑指给那老姑娘看。
A spinster is a bachelor 's wife .
怨妇乃旷夫之妻。
A spinster and an unmarried man
怨妇旷夫
don't think Tom actually loves his spinster aunt. It's simply cupboard love.
我想,汤姆不是真心关怀他那个老去没嫁的姑母,只是爱她的财产罢了。
I don't think Tom actually loves his spinster aunt. It's simply cupboard love.
我想,汤姆不是真心关怀他那个老去没嫁的姑母,只是爱她的财产罢了。)
Celibatarian;confirmed bachelor or spinster
抱独身主义的人
It is said that the Cowherd and the Spinster, the lover stars in heaven, can only meet on the seventh Eve, so this day has become the Lover's Day.
据说牛郎星、织女星只能在七夕相会,所以这天就成了情人节。
that are generally run by two spinster sisters.
每次她都会重复几次说她没有多少时间了。
Hercule Poirot, the Belgian detective and the elderly spinster Miss Marple are two key persons in Agatha's short stories.
比利时侦探波罗和老姑娘玛波小姐是阿嘉莎小说中的两个主要人物。
A grass untouched by an ox or a sheep would suffer from agony and perplexity like a spinster
没有被牛羊青睐的草,就有了女孩子过了婚嫁年龄还待字闺中的焦虑与惶惑。
"pure and vestal modesty";"a spinster or virgin lady";
注释列句:in a state of sexual virginity;
Dickinson was a spinster of thirty-one, birdlike in habit and appearance, with fine chestnut hair and abnormally wide-set eyes, whose color she compared to sherry.
狄金森已经是个31岁的老姑娘了,打扮和生活习惯都轻松明快,栗色的头发,自喻为雪利酒色的眼睛出奇的大。
4)Mary is s real spinster.
玛丽的丈夫还是很有吸引力的。
Myriel had arrived at D---- accompanied by an elderly spinster, Mademoiselle Baptistine, who was his sister, and ten years his junior.
米里哀先生到迪涅时有个老姑娘伴着他,这老姑娘便是比他小十岁的妹子巴狄斯丁姑娘。
M. Myriel had arrived at D---- accompanied by an elderly spinster, Mademoiselle Baptistine, who was his sister, and ten years his junior.
米里哀先生到迪涅时有个老姑娘伴着他,这老姑娘便是比他小十岁的妹子巴狄斯丁姑娘。
Munako (Tanaka Yuko), the milk woman of the title, is a middle-aged spinster who has been in love with Keita (Kishibe Ittoku) since she was at high school.
美奈子亡母的朋友皆川敏子,敏子一边照顾患上痴患症的丈夫,一边写小说。
But now there is an updated version of the “spinster”.High-quality left-over women are now called “Successful Spinsters”.
而现在“剩女”又推出了升级版本,优质并且剩着的女性被称为“优剩女”。
The Piano Teacher is based on the novel by Elfriede Jelinek about a spinster piano teacher, who lives with her overbearing mother, and is seduced by her pupil.
该片是根据阿尔弗雷德-杰林奈克小说改变而成的,讲的是终生未嫁、一直和专横的母亲生活在一起的钢琴教师被学生诱惑的故事。
2.There is an acid portrait of Miss Ophelia, a squeamish New England spinster who does not like to have Negroes touch her.
还有一幅奥非利亚小姐的尖酸性格的写照,这是一个诸般挑剔的新英格兰老小姐,她不让黑人碰她一下。
These pieces were picked up by the girls of marriageable age who were present, the girl with the largest fragment being destined to marry first, the girl with the smallest being fated to remain a spinster.
这些碎片由在场的适婚女子捡起,据说捡到最大碎片的女子注定将第一个结婚,捡到最小块的女孩将注定终身不嫁。
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。
that are generally run by two spinster sisters.Gothic white script above the premises proclaimed: Black and White Tea Room.
餐厅由一对未婚的老姐妹经营,墙上有一行哥德式的字体写着:“黑白茶室”。
用作名词(n.)He left his Montana ranch to his spinster sister.
他把他在蒙大拿州的大牧场留给了他未婚妹妹。
The sisters were to remain spinsters for the rest of their lives.
姐妹们准备余生继续保持未婚。
The poor good old woman was a spinster.
那可怜慈祥的妇人是个老处女。
If you're single, you'll sound like a dried-up old spinster.
如果你单身,人家会觉得你是一个干枯的老处女。