spinster

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/ˈspɪnstə//ˈspɪnstɚ/

n.: 未婚女人，老处女

中文释义来自 ECDICT

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-ster

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-ster: Someone who is, or who is associated with, or who does something specified. · (humorous, sometimes offensive) A diminutive appended to a person's name.

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中古英语Middle English约 1150–1500 年
spynnestere‘woman who spins fibre’
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From Middle English spynnestere (“woman who spins fibre”), from c. 1350; equivalent to spin +‎ -ster. The semantic development is from a historical notion of unmarried women spinning thread for a living.

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1(sometimes derogatory) A woman who has never been married, especially one past the typical marrying age according to social traditions.
2One who spins (puts a spin on) a political media story so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance; a spin doctor

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