Spinster



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.未婚女人
• ［英］ n.未婚女人 ( an unmarried woman, esp. one past the common age for marrying)
• ［记］ spin ( 旋转) ＋ster ( 人) -> 原指从事纺织的女人, 引申为未婚女人或老处女

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Date: 14th century
• 1. a woman whose occupation is to spin
• 2.
  • a. archaic an unmarried woman of gentle family
  • b. an unmarried woman and especially one past the common age for marrying
• 3. a woman who seems unlikely to marry
• ? spinsterhood noun
• ? spinsterish adjective
• ? spinsterly adjective

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