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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- maiden
[ˈmeɪdən]
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1.
noun
[Person Name]
每田
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2.
n.[c]
未婚女子
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3.
n.[c]
[Cricket]
[Sports]
未得分的一轮投球
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4.
adjective
首次的,最初的
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5.
adjective
少女的,年轻女子的
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6.
adjective
未婚的
Collins English-English Dictionary
- maiden
['meɪdən]
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1.
n
[cricket]
[Northern English]
[Dialect]
clothes maiden a frame on which clothes are hung to dry; clothes horse
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2.
n
[archaic or literary]
a young unmarried girl, esp when a virgin
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3.
n
(as modifier)
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a maiden blush
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4.
n
[horse racing]
a horse that has never won a race
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5.
n
(as modifier)
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a maiden race
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6.
n
See maiden over
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7.
n
[modifier]
of or relating to an older unmarried woman
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a maiden aunt
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8.
n
[modifier]
of or involving an initial experience or attempt
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a maiden voyage
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maiden speech
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9.
n
[modifier]
(of a person or thing) untried; unused
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10.
n
[modifier]
(of a place) never trodden, penetrated, or captured
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11.
n
[Etymology]
Old English mægden; related to Old High German magad, Old Norse mogr young man, Old Irish mug slave
Examples
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a maiden hight Elaine
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一个名叫伊莱恩的少女
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a maiden voyage
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处女航
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a maiden race
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为未得过奖的马举行的比赛
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The poem is about a fair maiden.
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这首诗描述的是一个美丽的少女。
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A maiden who came to the king's cold stone door thinking she would live to serve the king in his palace.
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一个少女来到国王的石门前,想着她的余生都要宫殿中服侍国王了。
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The maiden was alone with only her melancholy for company.
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那个少女很孤独,只有一个同伴陪着她。
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