音标：['meidn] ；柯林斯词典等级：1 级；

n. 年轻未婚女子, 少女, 处女
a. 未婚的, 处女的, 初次的, 无经验的

n an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
n (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored
s serving to set in motion

词型变化：名词复数形式 : maidens
考试类型：[六级/考研/IELTS]

词性分布：

形容词51%

名词49%

maiden的用法和样例：

例句

用作名词(n.)

The old song was about a fair maiden and her suitors.这个旧歌唱的是一个漂亮的未婚女人和她的求婚者的事。
The prince fell in love with a fair young maiden.王子爱上了一位美丽的年轻少女。
The poem is about a fair maiden.这首诗描述的是一个美丽的少女。

用作形容词(adj.)

What's your mother's maiden name?你母亲结婚前的姓名?
I was surprised when I was introduced to the disco organizer,she turned out to be a maiden lady in her fifties.当被介绍给那位迪斯科舞会组织者时，我非常惊奇，原来她是一位50来岁的未婚妇女。
It was the ship's maiden voyage.那是该船的处女航。
The ship made its maiden voyage last week.上星期这艘船初次航行。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)

The prince fell in love with a fair young maiden.王子爱上了一位年轻美丽的少女。

用作形容词(adj.)

用作定语～+ n.

The ship is now on her maiden voyage.这只船现在是首航。
His maiden effort at authorship was a long tale.他在写作生涯中的处女作是一部长篇故事。

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

maiden flight首次飞行
maiden work处女作

经典引文

I have never..seduced a virtuous woman..the wife I have married..came to me a maiden.
出自：A. Duggan
The definition of a maiden in common use..is an unbroken hymen.
出自：G. Greene

【近义词】

first第一的
maid【C】女仆
girl女孩
damsel年轻女人
initial(词)首字母
lass少女
original原始的
virgin处女
inaugural就职典礼的
single单一的
earliest最早
young woman年轻女子
young lady小姐
miss[M-]小姐
nymph女神
colleen女孩
hoyden野丫头
unmarried未婚的
missy小姐
unwed未婚的
fresh新鲜的
lassie少女
new新的
wench少妇
unwedded没有结婚的
untried未试过的
spouseless未婚的
minx顽皮的女孩
nymphet仙女般的少女...
damozel闺女
doll玩具娃娃
cutie漂亮可爱的女孩...
chaste贞洁的
babe小孩
Jill吉尔(女子名)...
virginal十六
tomato西红柿
youthful年轻的
youth青年时期
adolescent青春期的
school girl女生
school学校
maiden over[板球]未得分的投球...
initiative首创精神
initiatory初步的

【反义词】

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