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spinster

noun
/ˈspɪnstə(r)/
/ˈspɪnstər/
(old-fashioned, often disapproving)
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  1. a woman who is not married, especially an older woman who is not likely to marry老处女;老姑娘
    • The sisters were to remain spinsters for the rest of their lives.这对姐妹将在以后的生活中一直是老处女。
    This word should not now be used to mean simply a woman who is not married. compare bachelor
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySpinster is used before these nouns:
    • aunt
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘woman who spins’): from the verb spin + -ster; in early use the term was added to names of women to denote their occupation. The current sense dates from the early 18th cent.

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