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maiden n.未婚女子；少女；断头机；从未赢过的赛马adj.未婚的；处女的；初次的 (1) 这个旧歌唱的是一个漂亮的未婚女人和她的求婚者的事。(2) 王子爱上了一位美丽的年轻少女。(3) 这首诗描述的是一个美丽的少女。(4) 你母亲结婚前的姓名?(5) 那是该船的处女航。(6) 上星期这艘船初次航行。 These days, you will hardly ever see this word used to mean an unmarried woman, except maybe humorously. However, you will see it used when discussing the maiden voyage of a ship or plane: in both cases, the word indicates youth and inexperience. Also, the maiden name of a married woman is her name before marriage, a name many women keep after marriage too. There is also a meaning of maiden in the baseball-like British game of cricket.

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英 ['meɪdn] 美 ['meɪdn] (1) The old song was about a fair maiden and her suitors.(2) The prince fell in love with a fair young maiden.(3) The poem is about a fair maiden.(4) What's your mother's maiden name?(5) It was the ship's maiden voyage.(6) The ship made its maiden voyage last week. A maiden is an old-fashioned term a girl or an unmarried young woman. If you see the words "Fair maiden!' you're probably reading a fairy tale. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]少女；姑娘 A maiden is a young girl or woman.   [LITERARY 文]...stories of noble princes and their brave deeds on behalf of beautiful maidens.高贵的王子和他们英雄救美的故事2[ADJ 形容词](航行、飞行等)初次的，首次的 The maiden voyage or flight of a ship or aircraft is the first official journey that it makes.   [ADJ n]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。

英语单词	maiden
英美音标	英 ['meɪdn] 美 ['meɪdn]
中文释义	n.未婚女子；少女；断头机；从未赢过的赛马 adj.未婚的；处女的；初次的
英语例句	(1) The old song was about a fair maiden and her suitors. (2) The prince fell in love with a fair young maiden. (3) The poem is about a fair maiden. (4) What's your mother's maiden name? (5) It was the ship's maiden voyage. (6) The ship made its maiden voyage last week.
中文例句	(1) 这个旧歌唱的是一个漂亮的未婚女人和她的求婚者的事。 (2) 王子爱上了一位美丽的年轻少女。 (3) 这首诗描述的是一个美丽的少女。 (4) 你母亲结婚前的姓名? (5) 那是该船的处女航。 (6) 上星期这艘船初次航行。
vocabulary简明	A maiden is an old-fashioned term a girl or an unmarried young woman. If you see the words "Fair maiden!' you're probably reading a fairy tale.
vocabulary扩展	These days, you will hardly ever see this word used to mean an unmarried woman, except maybe humorously. However, you will see it used when discussing the maiden voyage of a ship or plane: in both cases, the word indicates youth and inexperience. Also, the maiden name of a married woman is her name before marriage, a name many women keep after marriage too. There is also a meaning of maiden in the baseball-like British game of cricket.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]少女；姑娘 A maiden is a young girl or woman. [LITERARY 文] ...stories of noble princes and their brave deeds on behalf of beautiful maidens. 高贵的王子和他们英雄救美的故事 2 [ADJ 形容词](航行、飞行等)初次的，首次的 The maiden voyage or flight of a ship or aircraft is the first official journey that it makes. [ADJ n] 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。

Maiden Fair Young Ship Voyage Girl Unmarried Woman