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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

maiden [ˈmeɪdən]
  1. 1. noun [Person Name] 每田
  2. 2. n.[c] 未婚女子
  3. 3. n.[c] [Cricket] [Sports] 得分一轮投球
  4. 4. adjective 首次的,最初的
  5. 5. adjective 少女的,年轻女子
  6. 6. adjective 未婚

Collins English-English Dictionary

maiden ['meɪdən]
  1. 1. n [cricket] [Northern English] [Dialect] clothes maiden a frame on which clothes are hung to dry; clothes horse
  2. 2. n [archaic or literary] a young unmarried girl, esp when a virgin
  3. 3. n (as modifier)
    a maiden blush
  4. 4. n [horse racing] a horse that has never won a race
  5. 5. n (as modifier)
    a maiden race
  6. 6. n See maiden over
  7. 7. n [modifier] of or relating to an older unmarried woman
    a maiden aunt
  8. 8. n [modifier] of or involving an initial experience or attempt
    a maiden voyage
    maiden speech
  9. 9. n [modifier] (of a person or thing) untried; unused
  10. 10. n [modifier] (of a place) never trodden, penetrated, or captured
  11. 11. n [Etymology] Old English mægden; related to Old High German magad, Old Norse mogr young man, Old Irish mug slave

Examples

a maiden hight Elaine
一个名叫伊莱恩的少女
a maiden voyage
处女航
a maiden race
为未得过奖的马举行的比赛
The poem is about a fair maiden.
这首诗描述的是一个美丽的少女。
A maiden who came to the king's cold stone door thinking she would live to serve the king in his palace.
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。
The maiden was alone with only her melancholy for company.
那个少女很孤独,只有一个同伴陪着她。

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