old maid
短语老处女；谨小慎微的人
发音
US
词形变化
old maids
复数
old maids
释义与例句
n.
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1.
An old woman who has never married; a spinster.
可数 贬义 不可数If she is looking for the perfect man before she marries, she'll be an old maid.
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2.
The Madagascar periwinkle.
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The common zinnia.
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4.
An unpopped kernel in a batch of popped popcorn kernels.
可数 不可数2004 April 29 – May 5, "Unpopped Kernels Costing U.S. Billions", The Onion, available in Embedded in America, →ISBN, page 147, Crawford asked Congress to double funding for the FDA's $200 million old-maid-elimination research project.
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5.
A card game in which cards must be paired and one undesirable card is designated "old maid".
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The unmatchable card in that game.
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