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spinster

/spin-ster/US // ˈspɪn stər //UK // (ˈspɪnstə) //

老处女,老处女座,老处女座的人,老处女座的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
    • : Chiefly Law. a woman who has never married.
    • : a woman whose occupation is spinning.

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Examples

  • According to STD life coach Belize Spivey, having herpes doesn’t mean you’re destined to live as a spinster.

  • Ass-kicking, bad guy-killing Carter is just a future spinster.

  • She is the last generation of spinster-daughters expected to stay home and look after her parents.

  • There were, though, other loves that belied the appearance of a desiccated, workaholic spinster.

  • Deep they needed to be, because the Nazis could take offense quicker than a prudish Victorian spinster.

  • How does one manage to make a gorgeous, youthful and lithe woman like Kate look like this elderly spinster?

  • The spinster was startled out of her calm and a look of concern spread over her face.

  • A spinster who was a poor relation was the only person of respectable breeding who ever came near them.

  • The little spinster turned round quite fluttered, with both her fat little hands extended.

  • "I never can get used to the name of Ancram instead of Algernon," said the spinster, raising her round red face from her woolwork.

  • This sounds harsh, but nobody minds Salemina, least of all Francesca, who well knows that she is the apple of that spinster's eye.