maiden是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为n. (文学) 少女, 未嫁女子; a. 未婚女子的, 初次的, 处女的,这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢,今天小编就带您了解一下。
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Her legs, scarcely formed yet, the legs of a maiden just passing towards cruel womanhood, dangled childishly over the side of the powerful horse, pathetically, the small feet folded one over the other, as if to hide.
在艾米利·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Why, sir, she is my late master's daughter: Catherine Linton was her maiden name.
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