英语词组maid是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

maid

noun

a black woman (regardless of age or occupation). Offensive, demeaning SOUTH AFRICA, 1961.

female virginity. Also called 'maiden' TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1972

old maid

1. dated A disparaging term for an older, unmarried woman. She had a few suitors in her youth, but now Edna is an old maid. My parents are pressuring me to get married—they don't want any of their daughters to become an old maid.

2. A fussy, prudish person. You better make sure the place settings are perfect, what with the old maid coming to dinner tonight.

3. A card game in which players pair matching cards and try to avoid being the last one holding the only card with no mate, dubbed the "old maid." When my kids were little, they loved playing old maid.

an old ˈmaid

(old-fashioned, disapproving) a woman who has never married and is now no longer young

maid of all work

The female equivalent of Jack of all trades.

词组	maid
释义	maid noun 1 a black woman (regardless of age or occupation). Offensive, demeaning SOUTH AFRICA, 1961. 2 female virginity. Also called 'maiden' TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1972 old maid 1. dated A disparaging term for an older, unmarried woman. She had a few suitors in her youth, but now Edna is an old maid. My parents are pressuring me to get married—they don't want any of their daughters to become an old maid. 2. A fussy, prudish person. You better make sure the place settings are perfect, what with the old maid coming to dinner tonight. 3. A card game in which players pair matching cards and try to avoid being the last one holding the only card with no mate, dubbed the "old maid." When my kids were little, they loved playing old maid. an old ˈmaid (old-fashioned, disapproving) a woman who has never married and is now no longer young maid of all work The female equivalent of Jack of all trades.
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