| 释义 |
maidenhood|ˈmeɪd(ə)nhʊd|
Forms: see maiden n. and -hood.
[OE. mæᵹdenhád, f. mæᵹden maiden + -hád -hood.]
The condition of being a maiden; the time of life during which one is a maiden. Formerly also = maidenhead1 1 b and 2, in phrases to have, hold, keep, lose, etc. (one's) maidenhood.
a900Cynewulf Crist 1419 Þa ic sylf ᵹestaᵹ maᵹa in modor, þeah wæs hyre mæᵹdenhad æᵹhwæs onwalᵹ. c1200Vices & Virtues 55 Þat hie ne behiet hire maidenhad æure mo to healden. c1200Ormin 46 Forr maȝȝdenhad & widdwesshad & weddlac birrþ ben clene. a1225Ancr. R. 54 Heo leas hire meidenhod, & was imaked hore. c1290S. Eng. Leg. 380/137 For ȝe habbez ȝeot ouwer Maidenhod. 1362Langl. P. Pl. A. i. 158 Ȝe naue no more merit In Masse ne In houres Þen Malkyn of hir Maydenhod, þat no Mon desyreþ. 1388Wyclif Luke ii. 36 [She] hadde lyued with hir hosebonde seuene ȝeer fro hir maydynhod. c1450Lonelich Grail xxix. 150 For Maydenhod is In this maner trewly, that felte neuere man fleschly,..but virginite is An heighere thing. c1575Balfour's Practicks 678 The Lord of the ground sall have the maidenhood of all maidenis..dwelland on the ground. 1591Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, iv. vi. 17 The irefull Bastard Orleance, that drew blood From thee my Boy, and had the Maidenhood Of thy first fight, I soone encountred. a1603[see maidenless]. 1641Earl of Monmouth tr. Biondi's Civil Warres ii. 83 No maidenhood was undeflowred, nor marriage bed unviolated. 1846C. G. Prowett Prometheus Bound 40 In loveless maidenhood outworn. 1858Hawthorne Fr. & It. Jrnls. I. 226 There is..a very pleasant atmosphere of maidenhood about her. 1863Woolner My Beautiful Lady Introd. 5 A man..who has found His..daughter..Fallen from her maidenhood. |