spinster

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈspɪnstə/    美 /ˈspɪnstɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A woman who has never been married, especially one past the typical marrying age according to social traditions. derogatory,sometimes
    — If […] a woman be named spinster, she may abate […]the same [writ].
  2. One who spins (puts a spin on) a political media story so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance; a spin doctor, spin merchant or spinmeister.
  3. Someone whose occupation was spinning thread. obsolete
    — The spinsters and the knitters in the sun.
  4. A woman of evil life and character; so called from being forced to spin in a house of correction. obsolete
  5. A spider; an insect (such as a silkworm) which spins thread. dialectal,rare

词形变化

spinsters plural

词汇关系

衍生词
inspin spinsterdom spinsterhood spinsterish spinsterism spinsterlike spinsterly spinstership spinstress
相关词
bachelor bachelorette divorcee thornback widow

词源

From Middle English spynnestere (“woman who spins fibre”), from c. 1350; equivalent to spin + -ster. The semantic development is from a historical notion of unmarried women spinning thread for a living.
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