【maiden音标】 英[ˈmeɪdn] 美[ˈmeɪdn]
【单词释义】 maiden是什么意思：
n.少女；未婚女子；处女；未得分的投球adj.首次的，初次的；处女的，少女的；没有经验的
[单词分级] 英语六级/考研词汇
[单词复数] maidens
【maiden形近词/近似词】
golden adj.金（黄）色的；金质的
wooden adj.木制的；木头的
widen v.变宽，加宽；拓宽；放宽；扩展
laden adj.满载的，负载的；苦恼的 vt.装载(lade的过去分词)
【单词例句】
◇ He glanced, with a very critical eye, at all the flower-beds, and found that the flowers were seated quietly and demurely on their stalks, just as maidens should sit before they are engaged; but there was a great number of them, and it appeared as if his search would become very wearisome.
因此他就把她们都看了一遍。每朵花都是安静地、端庄地坐在梗子上，正如一个姑娘在没有订婚时那样坐着。可是她们的数目非常多，选择很不容易。
---- The Butterfly
◇ And there was one sitting as still as any little maiden, and wishing only for peace and quietness.
另外还有一个人坐在那里一声不响，像一个小姑娘。她只希望和平和安静。
---- The Drop of Water
◇ The oldest brother was met by a lovely maiden as fresh as a newly baked cake, the middle brother by a fair girl with silky hair and skin, while the youngest, after looking and looking, saw nothing but a frog in that ditch.
大王子找到的是一个美丽的姑娘，皮肤柔嫩得像刚出炉的蛋糕;二王子找到的是一个脸色苍白的姑娘，身体纤细得像根线;而小王子朝水沟里望啊、望啊，最后只找到一只青蛙。
---- The Prince Who Married a Frog
◇ At one time the little naughty god was wounded by his own arrows and such burning love was awakened in him for the human maiden Psyche that he disregarded the constant interference of his mother and plucked up his courage to beg Zeus for justice.
有一次这位淘气的精灵被自己的箭射中，对人间少女普赛克炽热的爱在他心中复苏，以致于他不顾他母亲的干预,鼓起勇气让宙斯给予公正评判。
---- Eros(Cupid)