maiden
英 [ˈmeɪ.dən]
美 [ˈmeɪ.dən]
- adj. 未婚的，处女的；初次的
- n. 少女；处女
- n. (Maiden)人名；(日)每田(姓)
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中文词源
maiden 少女，处女
来自古英语maegden,少女，处女，女仆，-en,小词后缀，来自Proto-Germanic*magadinom,少女，年青女子，来自PIE*maghu,少男，少女，未结婚的人。后仅用于指女孩，少女。
英语词源
- maiden
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maiden: [OE] Maiden goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *magadiz ‘young (sexually inexperienced) woman’, which is also the source of German mädchen ‘girl’. Its diminutive form, *magadīnam, passed into Old English as mægden, the antecedent of modern English maiden. Maid is a 12th-century abbreviation.
- maiden (n.)
- Old English mægden, mæden "maiden, virgin, girl; maid, servant," diminutive of mægð, mægeð "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 Mädchen "girl, maid," from Mägdchen "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.
权威例句
- 1. The prince fell in love with a fair young maiden.
- 王子爱上了一位年轻美丽的少女.
- 2. The aircraft makes its maiden flight tomorrow.
- 这架飞机明天首航.
- 3. Her maiden name is Li.
- 她娘家姓李.
- 4. Looking up at the eaves, Orchid muttered: " Why isn't Spring Maiden back yet? "
- 兰花向天井檐上张一张, 自言自语地说: “ 青姑娘还不回来 呢 !
- 5. In 1912, the Titanic sank on her maiden voyage.
- 1912年，“泰坦尼克”号在处女航中失事沉没。
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