Spinster

(noun.) an elderly unmarried woman.

整理:华莱士

• How dear Emily is flirting with the strange gentleman,' whispered the spinster aunt, with true spinster-aunt-like envy, to her brother, Mr. Wardle. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• When the spinster took her drive, the faithful Mrs. Bute sate beside her in the carriage. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Formerly Caroline Jellyby, spinster, then of Thavies Inn, within the city of London, but extra-parochial; now of Newman Street, Oxford Street. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I have forgotten my flowers,' said the spinster aunt. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Mr. Tupman took the arm of the spinster aunt, and walked towards the house; the fat boy followed behind. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Don't be long,' said the spinster affectionately, as Mr. Jingle stuck the pinched-up hat on his head. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• You are a spinster? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Here the spinster aunt burst into fit number two, of hysteric laughter interspersed with screams. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The spinster caused Briggs to write back to the Colonel a gracious and complimentary letter, encouraging him to continue his correspondence. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Here he shook his head expressively, and the spinster aunt trembled with agitation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• I _won't_ be taken away,' murmured the spinster aunt. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The spinster aunt appeared; she smiled, and beckoned them to walk quicker. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• A mature spinster, and having but faint ideas of marriage, her love for the blacks occupied almost all her feelings. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• You will take cold in the evening air,' urged the spinster aunt affectionately. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• I ain't,' said the spinster aunt, her indignation getting the better of her determination to faint. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The warp was made by the cloth and linen manufacturers, and the weft yarns furnished by the woman spinsters throughout the country. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Husbands and wives TALK of the cares of matrimony, and bachelors and spinsters BEAR them. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.

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