maiden
英['me?d(?)n]
美['medn]
- adj. 未婚的，處女的；初次的
- n. 少女；處女
- n. (Maiden)人名；(日)每田(姓)
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?maidens;
中文詞源
maiden 少女，處女
來自古英語maegden,少女，處女，女仆，-en,小詞后綴，來自Proto-Germanic*magadinom,少女，年青女子，來自PIE*maghu,少男，少女，未結(jié)婚的人。后僅用于指女孩，少女。
英文詞源
- maiden
- maiden: [OE] Maiden goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *magadiz ‘young (sexually inexperienced) woman’, which is also the source of German m?dchen ‘girl’. Its diminutive form, *magadīnam, passed into Old English as m?gden, the antecedent of modern English maiden. Maid is a 12th-century abbreviation.
- maiden (n.)
- Old English m?gden, m?den "maiden, virgin, girl; maid, servant," diminutive of m?ge, m?gee "virgin, girl; woman, wife," from Proto-Germanic *magadinom "young womanhood, sexually inexperienced female" (cognates: Old Saxon magath, Old Frisian maged, Old High German magad "virgin, maid," German Magd "maid, maidservant," German M?dchen "girl, maid," from M?gdchen "little maid"), fem. variant of PIE root *maghu- "youngster of either sex, unmarried person" (cognates: Old English magu "child, son, male descendant," Avestan magava- "unmarried," Old Irish maug "slave").
- maiden (adj.)
- "virgin, unmarried," c. 1300, from maiden (n.). The figurative sense of "new fresh, first" (as in maiden voyage) is first recorded 1550s. Maiden name is from 1680s.
雙語例句
- 1. The prince fell in love with a fair young maiden.
- 王子愛上了一位年輕美麗的少女.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The aircraft makes its maiden flight tomorrow.
- 這架飛機(jī)明天首航.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Her maiden name is Li.
- 她娘家姓李.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. Looking up at the eaves, Orchid muttered: " Why isn't Spring Maiden back yet? "
- 蘭花向天井檐上張一張, 自言自語地說: “ 青姑娘還不回來 呢 !
來自漢英文學(xué) - 散文英譯
- 5. In 1912, the Titanic sank on her maiden voyage.
- 1912年，“泰坦尼克”號在處女航中失事沉沒。
來自辭典例句