maiden

maid·en

M0039200 (mād′n)n.1. Archaic a. An unmarried girl or woman.b. A woman or girl who is a virgin.2. A machine resembling the guillotine, used in Scotland in the 1500s and 1600s to behead criminals.3. Sports a. A racehorse that has never won a race.b. See maiden over.adj.1. Of, relating to, or befitting a maiden.2. Being an unmarried girl or woman: a maiden aunt.3. Being a racehorse that has never won a race.4. First or earliest: a maiden voyage; a maiden speech in the Senate.

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[Middle English, from Old English mægden; see maghu- in Indo-European roots.]

maiden

(ˈmeɪdən) n1. archaic or literary a. a young unmarried girl, esp when a virginb. (as modifier): a maiden blush. 2. (Horse Racing) horse racing a. a horse that has never won a raceb. (as modifier): a maiden race. 3. (Cricket) cricket See maiden over4. dialect Also called: clothes maiden Northern English a frame on which clothes are hung to dry; clothes horse5. (modifier) of or relating to an older unmarried woman: a maiden aunt. 6. (modifier) of or involving an initial experience or attempt: a maiden voyage; maiden speech. 7. (modifier) (of a person or thing) untried; unused8. (modifier) (of a place) never trodden, penetrated, or captured[Old English mægden; related to Old High German magad, Old Norse mogr young man, Old Irish mug slave] ˈmaidenish adj ˈmaiden-ˌlike adj

maid•en

(ˈmeɪd n)

n. 1. a girl or young unmarried woman; maid. 2. a horse that has never won a race. 3. an instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland. adj. 4. of, pertaining to, or befitting a maiden. 5. a. unmarried: a maiden aunt. b. virgin. 6. first: a maiden flight. 7. (of a horse) never having won a race. [before 1000; Middle English; Old English mægden=mægd (e. OHG magad), + -en -en⁵maghu-]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	maiden - an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)maiddamoiselle, damosel, damozel, damsel, demoiselle - a young unmarried womanfille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman - a young woman; "a young lady of 18"
	2.	maiden - (cricket) an over in which no runs are scoredmaiden overcricket - a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runsover - (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
Adj.	1.	maiden - serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage"initiative, initiatory, inaugural, firstopening - first or beginning; "the memorable opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth"; "the play's opening scene"

maiden

noun1. (Literary) girl, maid, lass, damsel, miss, virgin, nymph (poetic), lassie (informal), wench stories of brave princes and beautiful maidensadjective1. first, initial, inaugural, introductory, initiatory The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage.2. unmarried, pure, virgin, intact, chaste, virginal, unwed, undefiled An elderly maiden aunt had left him £1000.

maiden

adjectivePreceding all others in time:earliest, first, initial, original, pioneer, primary, prime, primordial.

Translations

少女

maiden

(ˈmeidən) noun a (young) unmarried woman. the village maidens. 少女 少女maiden name a woman's surname before her marriage. Mrs Johnson's maiden name was Scott. 女子結婚前的姓氏 女子结婚前的姓maiden voyage a ship's first voyage. 處女航 处女航