spinsterhood

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The condition of being a spinster. countable,uncountable
    — sheʼs long ago resigned herself to eternal spinsterhood, to a future without the joys of marriage and motherhood
  2. The time during which one is a spinster. countable,uncountable

词形变化

spinsterhoods plural

词源

Etymology tree
English spinster
Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der.
Proto-Germanic *haiduzder.
Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder.
Old English -hād
Middle English -hede
English -hood
English spinsterhood
From spinster + -hood.
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