spinsters的翻译,读音
英/ ˈspɪnstə(r) /
美/ ˈspɪnstər /
释义:
n.老姑娘;未婚女人
词态
复数spinsters例句
Married women could certainly be spinsters. 已婚妇女当然是“spinsters”(纺纱者)。
And for a long time provided needy spinsters with parcels of land. 而且在相当长一段时期里,向贫困的老而未婚的女子提供土地。
In America law and custom alike are based upon the dreams of spinsters. 在美国,法律与风俗习惯一样,是把基础置于老处女的梦想之上的. 。
Spin is the important element here, since at first spinsters were young women whose main labor was to work at spinning flax or sheep's-wool into tread or yarn. 纺纱是这个词里的一个重要因素,因为最初“spinsters”(纺纱者)是指那些主要从事纺织工作,将亚麻或羊绒纺成丝线的年轻姑娘。