maiden
英 ['me?d(?)n]
美['medn]
- adj. 未婚的，處女的；初次的
- n. 少女；處女
- n. (Maiden)人名；(日)每田(姓)
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?maidens;
中文詞源
maiden 少女，處女
來自古英語maegden,少女，處女，女仆，-en,小詞后綴，來自Proto-Germanic*magadinom,少女，年青女子，來自PIE*maghu,少男，少女，未結(jié)婚的人。后僅用于指女孩，少女。
英英釋意
- 1. an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
- 2. (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored
英文詞源
- maiden
- maiden: [OE] Maiden goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *magadiz ‘young (sexually inexperienced) woman’, which is also the source of German m?dchen ‘girl’. Its diminutive form, *magadīnam, passed into Old English as m?gden, the antecedent of modern English maiden. Maid is a 12th-century abbreviation.
- maiden (n.)
- Old English m?gden, m?den "maiden, virgin, girl; maid, servant," diminutive of m?ge, m?gee "virgin, girl; woman, wife," from Proto-Germanic *magadinom "young womanhood, sexually inexperienced female" (cognates: Old Saxon magath, Old Frisian maged, Old High German magad "virgin, maid," German Magd "maid, maidservant," German M?dchen "girl, maid," from M?gdchen "little maid"), fem. variant of PIE root *maghu- "youngster of either sex, unmarried person" (cognates: Old English magu "child, son, male descendant," Avestan magava- "unmarried," Old Irish maug "slave").
- maiden (adj.)
- "virgin, unmarried," c. 1300, from maiden (n.). The figurative sense of "new fresh, first" (as in maiden voyage) is first recorded 1550s. Maiden name is from 1680s.
同義詞辨析
girl, maid, maiden, daughter
這些名詞都含有"姑娘，女孩子"之意。
girl： 指7歲到12歲左右的女孩，與boy相對(duì)，廣義指未婚的女孩。
maid： 指閨女，女傭人。
maiden： 指少女，處女或未婚女子。
daughter： 指女子對(duì)父母而言的概稱，不涉及年齡的大小。
virgin, maiden, single
這些名詞均含"未婚者，孤身一人"之意。
virgin： 通常指未婚者，貞潔未被玷污的人，或指婚煙關(guān)系尚未完成者。
maiden： 與virgin含義相近，但更著重年輕與未婚，或未曾發(fā)生過任何兩性關(guān)系。
single： 指尚未結(jié)婚的人，但更多指終生不結(jié)婚的人。
實(shí)用場景例句
- stories of knights and fair maidens
- 關(guān)于騎士和美女的故事
牛津詞典
- a maiden flight/voyage (= the first journey made by a plane/ship)
- 初次飛行；首航
牛津詞典
- a maiden speech (= the first speech made by an MP in the parliaments of some countries)
- 議員在議會(huì)的初次演講
牛津詞典
- ...stories of noble princes and their brave deeds on behalf of beautiful maidens.
- 高貴的王子和他們英雄救美的故事
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- In 1912, the Titanic sank on her maiden voyage.
- 1912年，“泰坦尼克”號(hào)在處女航中失事沉沒。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- The 4 th says: Should so say, what is there at all on the world maiden!
- 第四個(gè)說: 要那么說, 世界上根本就沒有什么處女!
期刊摘選
- And many maiden gardens yet unset.
- 許多少女的花園,還未經(jīng)播種.
期刊摘選
- It was the ship's maiden voyage.
- 那是該船的處女航.
辭典例句
- His maiden attempt at writing was in 1931.
- 他初次嘗試寫作是在1931年.
期刊摘選
- It is maiden work which is hard to avoid manufacturing in a rough way.
- 這是作者的處女作,難免有粗制濫造之處.
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- Ha fair maiden, I've come to snatch a kiss and fill your soul with hope.
- 嗨,美女, 我來是為了吻你,讓你的靈魂充滿希望.
期刊摘選
- But she went down on her maiden voyage.
- 但她做處女航時(shí),就沉了.
期刊摘選
- In the United States most married women do not retain their maiden name.
- 在美國大部分結(jié)過婚的女人不會(huì)保留她們的娘家姓.
期刊摘選
- The Titanic went down on her maiden voyage, with 1 , 500 lives lost.
- 泰坦尼克號(hào)船在初航就下沉了并喪失1500人生命.
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- She was the classic maiden in distress.
- 她是故事里典型的等待別人救贖的女主角.
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- She will be an old maiden if she remains single.
- 她要是再不結(jié)婚可真成了老姑娘了.
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- The heart of a maiden is a dark forest.
- 少女的心是隱秘森林.
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- She resumed her maiden name after the divorce.
- 她離婚后重新使用娘家的姓.
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- The prince fell in love with a fair young maiden.
- 王子愛上了一位年輕美麗的少女.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- The little maiden trotted away.
- 那女孩跳跳蹦蹦地走了.
辭典例句
- The large ship, the Titanic with 2,207 people went down on her maiden voyage.
- 裝載2, 207人的大船--泰坦尼克號(hào)首航就沉入海底.
期刊摘選
- The hero is often out to rescue the maiden.
- 英雄通常試圖拯救少女.
期刊摘選
- A maiden voyage; a maiden speech in the House of Commons.
- 處女航; 在國會(huì)下院的首次演說.
期刊摘選
- Out of the wave rose a and lovely maiden, shining forth warmth and charm.
- 隨著波浪的起伏,一位美麗可愛的少女升出海面, 放射出溫暖與魁力.
期刊摘選
- It was the second consecutive maiden victory for a driver at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
- 這是維倫紐夫賽道上連續(xù)第二個(gè)處子勝.
期刊摘選
- Assembled outside the European continent in the first Airbus A 320 aircraft made a successful maiden flight.
- 在歐洲大陸之外組裝的第一架空客A320飛機(jī)首飛成功.
期刊摘選
- Mary keeps her own maiden name for business reasons.
- 為了工作方便,瑪麗結(jié)了婚還是用她自己的姓.
期刊摘選
- Her maiden name is Li.
- 她娘家姓李.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- That a maiden there lived whom you may know.
- 住著一位少女或許你也熟悉.
期刊摘選
- The stealth bomber made its maiden flight in 1989.
- 那架隱形轟炸機(jī)在1989年完成它的處女飛行.
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