maiden
/ˈmeɪdn/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈmeɪdn/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈmā-dᵊn/ (ame, mw) · /ˈmeɪ.dən/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈmeɪ.dən/ (ame, ipa)
maiden — 名詞
- maidensingular
- maidensplural
1. a young woman, especially one who is not yet married — a word that today sounds
閨女；少女
文學用語，指年輕未婚女子
a young woman, especially one who is not yet married — a word that today sounds very old-fashioned and is mainly found in stories, historical novels, and folk tales
In a Welsh legend, a knight searches for a maiden trapped inside a glass castle.
在一則威爾斯傳說中，一名騎士穿越森林，搜索被困在玻璃城堡裡的少女。
old-fashioned register; often in folk tales
Gita's grandmother told them stories of brave maidens who saved their villages from floods.
Gita 的祖母跟他們講述勇敢的少女拯救村莊免於洪水侵襲的故事。
The portrait shows a Scottish maiden wearing a blue dress and a pearl necklace.
這幅畫作中，一名身穿藍色洋裝、戴著珍珠項鍊的蘇格蘭閨女。
Adisa read of a poor maiden who wed a prince after a long journey.
Adisa 讀到一名貧窮的少女歷經長途旅行後嫁給了王子。
Tamar dressed as an Elizabethan maiden for the school play and recited a poem.
Tamar 在學校話劇中扮演一名伊莉莎白時期的閨女，並朗誦了一首詩。
- girl
modern and neutral; the everyday replacement for 'maiden'
- young woman
more respectful and current than 'maiden'
- lass
informal and Northern British/Scottish, similar old-fashioned flavour
文法句型
adjective + maiden
maiden + verb
用法筆記
In modern everyday English, girl or young woman is preferred. Maiden survives mainly in historical fiction, fairy tales, and fixed phrases such as damsel in distress.
常見錯誤
2. when a bowler delivers six balls and the opposing team scores no runs from them
零分輪
板球中沒有失分的投球輪次
when a bowler delivers six balls and the opposing team scores no runs from them — used in cricket
The bowler raised his arms after bowling his first maiden in a professional match.
那位投手在職業比賽中投出個人第一次零分輪後，高舉雙臂。
collocation: bowl a maiden
Minho bowled two maidens in a row, and the batting team grew frustrated.
Minho 連續投出了兩局零分輪，打擊方因此愈來愈急躁。
A top bowler can bowl four maidens during a single day of a test match.
一位頂尖投手在一天的測試賽中能投出四局零分輪。
The scoreboard showed three maidens out of the first ten overs bowled in the afternoon.
記分板顯示下午所投的前十輪中有三局是零分輪。
- maiden over
the fuller form of the term
文法句型
maiden + verb
a maiden
bowl a maiden
用法筆記
This term is used exclusively in cricket. The full expression is maiden over, though maiden alone is common in sports commentary.
maiden — 形容詞
- maidenpositive
- more maidencomparative
- most maidensuperlative
1. being the first time something happens or is used — used only before a noun to d
首次的
第一次發生的或使用的
being the first time something happens or is used — used only before a noun to describe a first journey, public appearance, or performance of something new
The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1912.
鐵達尼號在 1912 年橫跨大西洋的處女航中沉沒。
common collocation: maiden voyage (first journey of a ship)
The newly elected president gave her maiden speech to the nation on television.
新任總統在全國電視上發表了她的首次國會演說。
common collocation: maiden speech (first public speech)
Evelyn's maiden novel won a major award for first-time writers in the UK.
Evelyn 的處女作小說在英國贏得了一項針對新進作家的大獎。
The airline celebrated the maiden flight of its new Taipei–Vancouver route last Friday.
該航空公司上週五慶祝了臺北－溫哥華新航線的首航。
Cole's maiden attempt at climbing the mountain ended halfway up due to bad weather.
Cole 首次攀登那座山的嘗試因天氣惡劣而在半途放棄。
文法句型
maiden + noun (voyage, flight, speech, etc.)
用法筆記
Maiden can only appear before a noun (attributive position). You cannot say 'The voyage was maiden.' Common fixed phrases include maiden voyage (ship's first trip), maiden flight (aircraft's first trip), maiden speech (a politician's first major speech), and maiden name (a woman's family name before marriage).