[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留給了他未婚的妹妹.
《簡明英漢詞典》
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.
它聽起來就像一個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)懷他那個老去沒嫁的姑母,只是愛她的財產(chǎn)罷了.
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There's nothing shameful in being a spinster.
當(dāng)老處女也沒什么丟人的,看看皮蒂姑媽.
飄（部分）
" Just my sister in New Mexico, " he volunteered. " But she's a humble spinster nun. "
“ 我有個妹妹在新墨西哥州, ” 他主動地說. “ 可她是個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, 一面指著桌子,把那兩個發(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,法律與風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣一樣,是把基礎(chǔ)置于老處女的夢想之上.
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