英:[ˈmeɪdn]
美:[ˈmeɪdn]
英:[ˈmeɪdn]
美:[ˈmeɪdn]
maid·en
meI dihn
复数:maidens
maidenly (adj.)
词根:maid
adj.maidenlike 柔和的;处女般的
maidenly 文雅的;谨慎的;像处女的
n.maid 女仆;少女
maidenhead 处女膜;处女性
maidenhood 处女性;处女时代
maidenliness 处女般;谨慎;柔和
vi.maid 当女仆
vt.maid 侍候;做新娘的女傧相
noun
an unmarried girl or woman : maid
a former Scottish beheading device resembling the guillotine (see guillotine sense 1)
a horse that has never won a race
adjective
not married
a maiden aunt
never yet mated
of, relating to, or befitting a maiden
first, earliest the maiden flight of a spacecraft
a ship's maiden voyage
maiden name(女子的)婚前姓;娘家姓
iron maiden铁娘子;铁处女(英国伦敦的重金属乐队)
这组词都有“未婚者,孤身一人”的意思,其区别是:
single指尚未结婚的人,但更多指终生不结婚的人。
virgin通常指未婚者,贞洁未被玷污的人,或指婚烟关系尚未完成者。
maiden与virgin含义相近,但更着重年轻与未婚,或未曾发生过任何两性关系。
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这组词都有“姑娘,女孩子”的意思,其区别是:
girl指7岁到12岁左右的女孩,与boy相对,广义指未婚的女孩。
daughter指女子对父母而言的概称,不涉及年龄的大小。
maid指闺女,女佣人。
maiden指少女,处女或未婚女子。
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古英语 mægden, mæden “未婚女子(通常是年轻的); 处女; 女孩; 女仆”,是 mægð, mægeð “处女,女孩; 女人,妻子”的爱称,源自原始日耳曼语 *magadin- “年轻女性,性经验不丰富的女性”(源头还包括古撒克逊语 magath,古弗里西亚语 maged,古高地德语 magad “处女,女仆”,德语 Magd “女仆”,德语 Mädchen “女孩,女仆”,来自 Mägdchen “小女仆”),是 PIE 词根 *maghu- “未婚男女,未婚人”的女性变体(源头还包括古英语 magu “孩子,儿子,男性后代”,阿维斯陀语 magava- “未婚”,古爱尔兰语 maug “奴隶”)。
中古英语中也指“缺乏或避免性经验的男子”(约1200年)。作为一种类似断头台的斩首处决工具的名称,始于1580年代。
初学者
Noun and Adjective Middle English, from Old English mægden, mǣden, diminutive of mægeth; akin to Old High German magad maiden, Old Irish mug serf
The first known use of maiden was before the 12th century
maintainverb
to keep in an existing stateespecially: to keep in good condition maintain machinery
maintain one's health
to defend by argument
maintain a position
to continue in : carry on, keep up maintain a correspondence
maintain your balance
to provide for : support
maintain my family by working
to insist to be true
maintained that all men are equal
maiden1 of 2noun
a young unmarried girl or woman
maiden2 of 2adjective
not married
maiden aunt
virgin entry 2 sense 1
of or relating to a maiden
coming before all others : first, earliest
maiden voyage
1 He done taught me de maiden language all over.
2 The little maiden trotted away.
那女孩跳跳蹦蹦地走了.
3 Looking at her in her agony the maidens, all sobered now, the dancing over and the singing and the wild wand-waving, said to one another,
4 She sent him to the court of Lycomedes, the king who had treacherously killed Theseus, and made him wear women’s clothes and hide among the maidens.
5 "I always sleep with the knife," said the little robber maiden.
小强盗女孩说:“我总是带着刀子睡觉的。”
6 stories of knights and fair maidens
关于骑士和美女的故事
7 The ship launched out on her maiden voyage.
这条船出海作处女航.
8 She was one of the three maiden goddesses of Olympus:—
9 In songs, the hero always saved the maiden from the monster’s castle, but life was not a song, no more than Jeyne was Arya Stark.
10 Once there, I intentionally slide off the well-polished pole, and the maiden—the ship’s figurehead—catches me, as I knew she would.
11 He could tell from the place where she was standing that she was the pretty maiden he hadn't danced with.
他从她站的地点上可以看出来,她是没有与他一起跳舞的那个漂亮女孩。
12 Perhaps the wooden maiden will be an ally when I need one.
13 “How could you use a poor maiden so?” the boy finishes.
14 He went to the library and read over and over again the story of the fair maiden and the knight who rescued her.
15 The smell of fresh varnish made her feel like the inaugural passenger of a magical, maiden voyage.
16 Out of the wave rose a and lovely maiden, shining forth warmth and charm.
随着波浪的起伏,一位美丽可爱的少女升出海面, 放射出温暖与魁力.
17 “Now you are out of the way for good! I knew you could not resist helping a young maiden. That is, after all, your specialty, my dear.”
18 Drops of water fell from the mist and out of them there were formed the frost maidens and Ymir, the first Giant.
19 “Anything you say,” his nubile, effervescent maiden sputtered happily.
20 They never played lord of the crossing again, but they played other games—monsters and maidens, rats and cats, come-into-my-castle, all sorts of things.
3 未交配过的
4 少女
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5 未生育过的
7 首次的
10 首次
11 无经验的
green fresh raw unused freshwater naive inexperienced half-baked unexperienced unversed unpracticed hard-baked unhackneyed unfleshed prentice
12 未婚的
sole unmarried unwed unwedded spouseless single unattached lone discovert chaste spinster fancy-free
14 未婚的年轻女子
15 初次的
16 断头台
17 处女
virgin virginal vestal maidenly maidish maid virgo intacta demoiselle Vestal Virgin cherry maidenish burd chaste zoned Parthenos
24 清净的
26 未曾得胜的马
27 无经验
green fresh raw unused freshwater naive inexperienced half-baked unexperienced unversed unpracticed hard-baked unhackneyed unfleshed prentice inexperience with ears flapping
29 如处女的
30 纯洁的
white clean fine pure spiritual virgin innocent lily immaculate angelic spotless virginal unsullied vestal lily-white inviolate incorrupt lovely stainless cleanly chaste dewy undefiled seraph ermine unspotted simple-hearted
31 年轻姑娘
32 未婚
sole unmarried unwed unwedded spouseless spinsterhood lone singleness single unattached single blessedness discovert chaste spinster fancy-free singlehood
33 纯洁
white clean fine pure spiritual virgin innocent lily immaculate angelic spotless virginal unsullied vestal lily-white inviolate incorrupt virtue purity refinement chastity chasten lovely stainless cleanly chaste dewy undefiled seraph ermine unspotted simple-hearted purely dewily viridity severity holiness virginity immaculacy sanctify rarefy expurgate