old maid

英 [ˌəʊld ˈmeɪd]

美 [ˌoʊld ˈmeɪd]

n. 老姑娘; 老处女

牛津词典

noun

N-COUNT 老处女，老姑娘（可能具冒犯意味）
People sometimes refer to an old or middle-aged woman as anold maidwhen she has never married and they think that it is unlikely that she ever will marry. This use could cause offence.
1. Alex is too young to be already thinking of herself as an old maid.
  亚历克丝认为自己是个老姑娘的想法还太早了点。

noun

a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed
the loser in a game of old maid
an elderly unmarried woman
Synonym:spinster
commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
Synonym:periwinklerose periwinkleMadagascar periwinkleCape periwinklered periwinklecayenne jasmineCatharanthus roseusVinca rosea
any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
Synonym:zinniaold maid flower

In a tiny village lived an old maid.
在一个村子里住着一个还没出嫁的老太太。
The term is synonymous with old maid.
这个词与老处女同义。
She's had three husbands and I'll be an old maid.
她有过叁个丈夫，而我要变成一个老处女了。
His elder sister is an old maid.
他的姐姐是位老处女。
My father already thinks I'm an old maid.
我老爸已经觉得我是个老女孩了。
He's nothing more than a ridiculous old maid.
他完全是个谨小慎微的可笑人物。
When there is an old maid in the house, a watchdog is unnecessary.
当家中有一个老处女，就不需要看门狗了。
She was no more than an old maid.
她不过是个老处女而已。
Not the half of one& if she thinks such old maid's rubbish.
半点都不&假如她想的是这种老处女的废话。
I hope I soon meet somebody I want to marry, otherwise I'll finish up an old maid.
我希望我很快会遇上个心上人与其成婚，不然的话我就成老处女了。