| 单词 | maiden |
| 释义 | maiden (once / 166 pages) 1n 2adj 3n A maiden is an old-fashioned term a girl or an unmarried young woman. If you see the words "Fair maiden!' you're probably reading a fairy tale. These days, you will hardly ever see this word used to mean an unmarried woman, except maybe humorously. However, you will see it used when discussing the maiden voyage of a ship or plane: in both cases, the word indicates youth and inexperience. Also, the maiden name of a married woman is her name before marriage, a name many women keep after marriage too. There is also a meaning of maiden in the baseball-like British game of cricket. WORD FAMILYmaiden: maidenhood, maidenlike, maidenly, maidens+/maidenhood: maidenhoods/maidenly: maidenliness USAGE EXAMPLESIt posted the announcement "Grandpa Frost and Snow Maiden also pay their taxes" on its Hrodna and Homel regional sites under a deceptively jolly logo. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) The financial regulator said Lyttleton tried to hide his dealings by using unregistered mobile phones and setting up a company in his wife's maiden name. Reuters(Dec 21, 2016) But after he reached his maiden century, the 25-year-old right-hander began to sparkle. BBC(Dec 19, 2016) 1 n an unmarried girl (especially a virgin) 2Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper maid Io (Greek mythology) a maiden seduced by Zeus; when Hera was about to discover them together Zeus turned her into a white heifer damoiselle, damosel, damozel, damsel, demoiselle a young unmarried woman fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman a young woman adj serving to set in motion 3the liner's maiden voyage Syn first, inaugural, initiative, initiatory opening first or beginning n (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored Syn|Hyper maiden over over (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 |
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