老小姐 meaning in Chinese
unmarried woman who is thought to be too old for marriage
Examples
- Strangely enough, annixter's clothes were disposed of on the single chair with the precision of an old maid .
说来奇怪，安尼克斯特的衣裳却整整齐齐的放在仅有的那把椅子上，象老小姐做事那样仔细。 - There is an acid portrait of miss ophelia, a squeamish new england spinster who does not like to have negroes touch her .
还有一幅奥非利亚小姐的尖酸性格的写照，这是一个诸般挑剔的新英格兰老小姐，她不让黑人碰她一下。 - This general flight is evidently intended to marry off all the old maids
“一定是为全体老小姐都能出嫁，才来这次大逃难的。 - And that is , there s a nigger here that i m a - trying to steal out of slavery , and his name is jim - old miss watson s jim .
那就是，还有一个黑人，我想力争把他给偷出来，好不再当奴隶他的名字是杰姆华珍老小姐的杰姆。 ” - Ole missus - dat s miss watson - she pecks on me all de time , en treats me pooty rough , but she awluz said she wouldn sell me down to orleans
老小姐就是说华珍小姐她从早到晚挑剔我对我可凶啦不过她老说，她不会把我卖到下游奥尔良那里去。