Word · Frequency #11516
maiden
少女;未婚女子;处女
an unmarried girl or young woman, especially a virgin
- 1.
A maidservant.
女仆
- 2.
One of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca alongside the Crone and Mother representing a girl or a young woman
在威卡教中,与老妇和母亲一起代表少女或年轻女性的三位一体女神之一。
- 3.
an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
未婚女孩(尤其是处女)
- 4.
A clothes maiden.
晾衣架
- 5.
(cricket) an over in which no runs are scored
(板球)没有得分的一轮
- 6.
A racehorse without any victory, i.e. one having a "virgin record".
未获胜的赛马,即“处女纪录”的赛马
- 7.
A horse race in which all starters are maidens.
所有参赛马匹均为未获胜马的赛马比赛
- 8.
A maiden over.
无得分的回合
女仆;侍女;晾衣架;晒衣架;(板球)未得分的一轮投球;未胜的赛马;处女马;未胜马赛;处女马赛
In use
The young maiden lived in a cottage by the river.
In the story, the brave knight rescued the maiden from the dragon.
The bowler's third over was a maiden, much to the batsman's frustration.
the maiden (verb phrase)
maiden 一词稍显古雅,常用于诗歌或文学中。
The maiden walked through the forest.
那位女郎穿过森林。
a (adjective) maiden
He was enchanted by a beautiful maiden.
他被一位美丽的女郎迷住了。
maiden of (place)
She was known as the maiden of the lake.
Connections
Collocations
- fair maiden
- 美丽的少女;窈窕淑女
- The knight dedicated his song to the fair maiden.骑士将他的歌献给那位美丽的少女。
- clothes maiden
- 晾衣架
- In winter I often hang my washing on a clothes maiden in front of the fire.冬天我经常把洗好的衣物挂在炉火前的晾衣架上。
- bowl a maiden
- (板球)投出未得分的一轮
- In cricket, a bowler can bowl a maiden by not letting the batsman score.在板球中,投手可以通过不让击球手得分来投出一轮未得分的球。
Idioms & figurative uses
- maiden voyage
- 处女航;首航The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage in 1912.泰坦尼克号在1912年的处女航中沉没。
- maiden name
- (女子的)娘家姓;婚前姓She kept her maiden name after getting married.她婚后保留了娘家姓。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想:maiden 拼写里含 maid(侍女),想象古堡中年轻未婚的侍女,她还没嫁人,所以 maiden 指“少女/未婚女子”。
Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:literary texts、historical fiction、poetry maiden 作名词表示“少女、未婚女子”时,通常多用于文学作品或正式语体,带有旧式或诗意色彩;日常口语中比较少见,多出现在小说、诗歌或历史背景描写中。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 maiden 完全押韵的常见词主要有人名 Aiden、Hayden,韵脚均为 /eɪdən/。maid、made 只和 maiden 的前半部分 /meɪd/ 相同,不是整词押韵;madden、sudden 拼写与 maiden 相近且都以 /dən/ 结尾,但重读元音不同,不要按拼写读成 /eɪ/。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
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