| 单词 | spinster |
| 释义 | spinster[ spin-ster ] / ˈspɪn stər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR spinster ON THESAURUS.COM nounDisparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying. Chiefly Law. a woman who has never married. a woman whose occupation is spinning. Origin of spinster1325–75; Middle English spinnestere a woman who spins. See spin, -ster usage note for spinsterThe meaning “a woman beyond the usual marriageable age” is used with disparaging intent and perceived as insulting. It implies negative qualities such as being fussy or undesirable. See also old maid. OTHER WORDS FROM spinsterspin·ster·hood, nounspin·ster·ish, adjectivespin·ster·ish·ly, adverbspin·ster·like, adjectiveWords nearby spinsterSpinozism, spinproof, spin quantum number, spin room, spin stabilization, spinster, spinthariscope, spin the bottle, spin the platter, spinto, spinule Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for spinsterBritish Dictionary definitions for spinsterspinster / (ˈspɪnstə) / nounan unmarried woman regarded as being beyond the age of marriage law (in legal documents) a woman who has never marriedCompare feme sole (formerly) a woman who spins thread for her living Derived forms of spinsterspinsterhood, nounspinsterish, adjectiveWord Origin for spinsterC14 (in the sense: a person, esp a woman, whose occupation is spinning; C17: a woman still unmarried): from spin + -ster Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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