单词 | spinster |
释义 | Word Frequency spinster(ˈspɪnstə) noun 1. old-fashioned an unmarried woman regarded as being beyond the age of marriage 2. law (in legal documents) a woman who has never married Compare feme sole 3. (formerly) a woman who spins thread for her living Derived forms spinsterhood (ˈspinsterˌhood) noun spinsterish (ˈspinsterish) adjective Word origin C14 (in the sense: a person, esp a woman, whose occupation is spinning; C17: a womanstill unmarried): from spin + -ster |
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