查询词典 The Old Maid

In her solitude my old maid was always busy at the window, which was adorned in summer with pretty flowers, and in winter with cress, grown upon felt.

这个孤独的老太太总是在窗户前忙碌着，夏天就摆弄着窗台上那些漂亮的花，到了冬天，则有一堆从毛毡里钻出来的水堇。

The elder man, though not by any manner of means an old maid or a prude, said it was nothing short of a crying scandal that ought to be put a stop to instanter to say that women of that stamp (quite apart from any oldmaidish squeamishness on the subject), a necessary evil, w ere not licensed and medically inspected by the proper authorities, a thing, he could truthfully state, he, as a paterfamilias , was a stalwart advocate of from the very first start.

155那个年长的人尽管并不是个老处女或假正经，却说道：这号女人（在这个问题上，他丝毫不曾囿于老处女式的洁癖）是无法避免的危害，可是有关当局既不发给她们执照，又不要求她们做体检，真是可耻极了，必须即刻加以纠正。说实在的，关于这一问题，自己作为一家之父，从一开始就坚决主张这么做。

The lady's maid had often sat upon it listening to her mistress's prattle in the old days, when she had been my lady's chief companion and confidante.

在往昔的日子里，爵士夫人的这位侍女时常坐在这凳子上听她的主人闲谈的，当年她是爵士夫人主要的伴侣和心腹。

Meanwhile the lady's maid kept hinting that her mistress ought to have confided her necessities to the old miser.

唉！这情况我跟他说过了，"娜娜大声说，"他对我说，他有几大笔到期的票据要付款。

There an old maid-servant was scolding a young girl who had run in breathless from the cold outside.

那里有一个老女仆对从奴仆那里跑来的婢女嘟嘟嚷嚷，户外的寒气噎得她喘不过气来。

Kristy told me, confidentially, that her job was numbingly dull; Jack was planning to quit in a few weeks, when he'd saved enough for golf clubs; Emily hated the rude jokes she had to endure with her tips; Patsy didn't get along with her old-maid aunt; and Charlie said his job was about as much fun as football practice, and a lot dirtier.

克里丝蒂偷偷地告诉我她的工作非常乏味；杰克计划着几个星期以后，当他攒够了钱可以加入高尔夫球俱乐部时就辞职；艾米莉憎恨为了得到小费而不得不忍受粗鲁的玩笑；帕茜和她古板的姨妈相处不好；查理说他的工作就像足球训练一样充满了乐趣，但是脏极了。

When there is an old maid in the house, a watchdog is unnecessary.

当家中有一个老处女，就不需要看门狗了。

The old woman a maid servant to clean her house.

老妇人雇佣了一个温和的仆人去洗她的马。

As an old maid's, your soul as dry as the pages of the books...

却像老妇人一样遍布皱纹，你的灵魂犹如你执著苦读的。。。

A straight-laced old maid sat next to a playboy at a banquet and naturally they didn't speak the same language.

一个道学老处女在宴会上和一个花花公子邻坐，话不投机。

As she looked at Warrington's manly face, and dark, melancholy eyes, she had settled in her mind that he must have been the victim of an unhappy attachment.

每逢看到沃林顿那刚毅的脸，那乌黑、忧郁的眼睛，她便会相信，他一定作过不幸的爱情的受害者。

Maybe they'll disappear into a pothole.

也许他们将在壶穴里消失