词汇搭配
用作形容词 (adj.)
～+名词- maiden flight首次飞行
- maiden work处女作
词组短语
maiden name（女子的）婚前姓；娘家姓
iron maiden铁娘子；铁处女（英国伦敦的重金属乐队）
同近义词辨析
single, virgin, maiden
这组词都有“未婚者，孤身一人”的意思，其区别是：
single指尚未结婚的人，但更多指终生不结婚的人。
virgin通常指未婚者，贞洁未被玷污的人，或指婚烟关系尚未完成者。
maiden与virgin含义相近，但更着重年轻与未婚，或未曾发生过任何两性关系。
girl, daughter, maid, maiden
这组词都有“姑娘，女孩子”的意思，其区别是：
girl指7岁到12岁左右的女孩，与boy相对，广义指未婚的女孩。
daughter指女子对父母而言的概称，不涉及年龄的大小。
双语例句
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。
权威例句
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