[不可數(shù)名詞]For most women, marriage used to bring a higher status than spinsterhood.
從前,就多數(shù)婦女而言,結(jié)婚的比獨(dú)身的更有地位。
牛津詞典
He left his Montana ranch to his spinster sister.
他把他在蒙大拿州的大牧場(chǎng)留給了他未婚的妹妹.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
A spinster is a bachelor's wife.
怨婦乃曠夫之妻.
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It'sounds like some old spinster with a pleated skirt and frilly blouse.
它聽(tīng)起來(lái)就像一個(gè)穿著鑲褶邊的襯衫和百褶裙的老處女.
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I do not think Tom actually loves his spinster aunt . Its simply cupboard love.
我想,湯姆不是真心關(guān)懷他那個(gè)老去沒(méi)嫁的姑母,只是愛(ài)她的財(cái)產(chǎn)罷了.
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There's nothing shameful in being a spinster.
當(dāng)老處女也沒(méi)什么丟人的,看看皮蒂姑媽.
飄(部分)
" Just my sister in New Mexico, " he volunteered. " But she's a humble spinster nun. "
“ 我有個(gè)妹妹在新墨西哥州, ” 他主動(dòng)地說(shuō). “ 可她是個(gè)地位低微的老姑娘修女. ”
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So saying, she pointed out to the spinster two napoleons which were glittering on the table.
她一面說(shuō), 一面指著桌子,把那兩個(gè)發(fā)亮的拿破侖指給那老姑娘看.
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In America law and custom alike is based upon the dream of spinster.
在美國(guó),法律與風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣一樣,是把基礎(chǔ)置于老處女的夢(mèng)想之上.
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