英：[ˌəʊld'meɪdɪʃ]
美：[ˌoʊld'meɪdɪʃ]
old-maidish如何读
old-maidish是什么意思
- adj.象老处女的；古板的
old-maidish英英释义
noun
spinster sense 3
a prim fussy person
he was a real old maid about burning rubbish—R. C. Ruark
a simple card game in which cards are matched in pairs and the player holding the unmatched card at the end loses
noun
spinster sense 3
a prim fussy person
he was a real old maid about burning rubbish—R. C. Ruark
a simple card game in which cards are matched in pairs and the player holding the unmatched card at the end loses
old-maidish词源英文解释
The first known use of old maid was circa 1530
old-maidish儿童词典英英释义
old-growthadjective
of, relating to, or being a forest characterized by the presence of large old trees, dead standing trees, and fallen rotting trees and that is usually in a late stage of development
old maidnoun
an elderly unmarried woman
a very neat fussy person
a card game in which all but one of the cards are matched in pairs and the player holding the unmatched card at the end loses
old-maidish 例句
1 In my generation, you were considered an old maid at 25.
2 As fans have known since Bridgerton’s first season finale, Whistledown is none other than Penelope Featherington—the clever wallflower (played with verve and empathy by Nicola Coughlan) who has languished long enough without nuptial prospects to be considered an old maid.
3 Who knew that enduring such abuse could turn this dowdy old maid into an unlikely local celebrity?
4 And who didn’t end up an old maid.
5 This was true especially for women who did not fit into typical gendered roles like the virtuous bride, the good mother or the helpful old maid.
6 An old maid at six and twenty, Kate arrives in London with her mother, Lady Mary Sharma (Shelley Conn), and younger half-sister Edwina (Charithra Chandran).
7 Higgins also noted that Mary’s fate as an old maid in this alternative universe, portrayed as hideous and sad, is presented as perfectly fine, appropriate and desirable for Annie in the real world.
8 As Beres laughs and tries to decipher who has the old maid, MacDougall starts to laugh, too.
9 I always thought of him as a rather staid old gentleman.
我一直以为他是个相当古板的绅士。
10 It's time we cast away those dull old clothes and bought some cheerful new ones.
是我们该扔掉那些古板的旧衣服而买些赏心悦目的新的新衣服的时候了。
old-maidish 同义词
1 拘谨的
demure uncommunicative strait-laced square formal uneasy budge frigid starchy prim buckram maidenly incommunicative
2 大惊小怪的
4 大惊小怪
prissy governessy spoffish faff fofarraw wind flap fuss stickle foofaraw fiddle-faddle like a hen with one chicken make a fuss
5 老处女
6 拘谨
demure uncommunicative strait-laced formality pudency square formal uneasy budge frigid starchy prim buckram maidenly incommunicative starch pudicity
7 老处女的