maiden
英 ['meɪd(ə)n]
美['medn]
- adj. 未婚的，处女的；初次的
- n. 少女；处女
- n. (Maiden)人名；(日)每田(姓)
词态变化
复数: maidens;
中文词源
maiden 少女，处女
来自古英语maegden,少女，处女，女仆，-en,小词后缀，来自Proto-Germanic*magadinom,少女，年青女子，来自PIE*maghu,少男，少女，未结婚的人。后仅用于指女孩，少女。
英英释意
- 1. an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
- 2. (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored
英文词源
- maiden
- maiden: [OE] Maiden goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *magadiz ‘young (sexually inexperienced) woman’, which is also the source of German mädchen ‘girl’. Its diminutive form, *magadīnam, passed into Old English as mægden, the antecedent of modern English maiden. Maid is a 12th-century abbreviation.
- maiden (n.)
- Old English mægden, mæden "maiden, virgin, girl; maid, servant," diminutive of mægð, mægeð "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 Mädchen "girl, maid," from Mägdchen "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.
同义词辨析
girl, maid, maiden, daughter
这些名词都含有"姑娘，女孩子"之意。
girl： 指7岁到12岁左右的女孩，与boy相对，广义指未婚的女孩。
maid： 指闺女，女佣人。
maiden： 指少女，处女或未婚女子。
daughter： 指女子对父母而言的概称，不涉及年龄的大小。
virgin, maiden, single
这些名词均含"未婚者，孤身一人"之意。
virgin： 通常指未婚者，贞洁未被玷污的人，或指婚烟关系尚未完成者。
maiden： 与virgin含义相近，但更着重年轻与未婚，或未曾发生过任何两性关系。
single： 指尚未结婚的人，但更多指终生不结婚的人。
实用场景例句
- stories of knights and fair maidens
- 关于骑士和美女的故事
牛津词典
- a maiden flight/voyage (= the first journey made by a plane/ship)
- 初次飞行；首航
牛津词典
- a maiden speech (= the first speech made by an MP in the parliaments of some countries)
- 议员在议会的初次演讲
牛津词典
- ...stories of noble princes and their brave deeds on behalf of beautiful maidens.
- 高贵的王子和他们英雄救美的故事
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- In 1912, the Titanic sank on her maiden voyage.
- 1912年，“泰坦尼克”号在处女航中失事沉没。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The 4 th says: Should so say, what is there at all on the world maiden!
- 第四个说: 要那么说, 世界上根本就没有什么处女!
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- And many maiden gardens yet unset.
- 许多少女的花园,还未经播种.
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- It was the ship's maiden voyage.
- 那是该船的处女航.
辞典例句
- His maiden attempt at writing was in 1931.
- 他初次尝试写作是在1931年.
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- It is maiden work which is hard to avoid manufacturing in a rough way.
- 这是作者的处女作,难免有粗制滥造之处.
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- Ha fair maiden, I've come to snatch a kiss and fill your soul with hope.
- 嗨,美女, 我来是为了吻你,让你的灵魂充满希望.
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- But she went down on her maiden voyage.
- 但她做处女航时,就沉了.
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- In the United States most married women do not retain their maiden name.
- 在美国大部分结过婚的女人不会保留她们的娘家姓.
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- The Titanic went down on her maiden voyage, with 1 , 500 lives lost.
- 泰坦尼克号船在初航就下沉了并丧失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别人救赎的女主角.
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- She will be an old maiden if she remains single.
- 她要是再不结婚可真成了老姑娘了.
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- The heart of a maiden is a dark forest.
- 少女的心是隐秘森林.
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- She resumed her maiden name after the divorce.
- 她离婚后重新使用娘家的姓.
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- The prince fell in love with a fair young maiden.
- 王子爱上了一位年轻美丽的少女.
《简明英汉词典》
- The little maiden trotted away.
- 那女孩跳跳蹦蹦地走了.
辞典例句
- The large ship, the Titanic with 2,207 people went down on her maiden voyage.
- 装载2, 207人的大船--泰坦尼克号首航就沉入海底.
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- The hero is often out to rescue the maiden.
- 英雄通常试图拯救少女.
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- A maiden voyage; a maiden speech in the House of Commons.
- 处女航; 在国会下院的首次演说.
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- Out of the wave rose a and lovely maiden, shining forth warmth and charm.
- 随着波浪的起伏,一位美丽可爱的少女升出海面, 放射出温暖与魁力.
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- It was the second consecutive maiden victory for a driver at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
- 这是维伦纽夫赛道上连续第二个处子胜.
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- Assembled outside the European continent in the first Airbus A 320 aircraft made a successful maiden flight.
- 在欧洲大陆之外组装的第一架空客A320飞机首飞成功.
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- Mary keeps her own maiden name for business reasons.
- 为了工作方便,玛丽结了婚还是用她自己的姓.
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- Her maiden name is Li.
- 她娘家姓李.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- That a maiden there lived whom you may know.
- 住着一位少女或许你也熟悉.
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- The stealth bomber made its maiden flight in 1989.
- 那架隐形轰炸机在1989年完成它的处女飞行.
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