| 单词 | spinster |
| 例句 | spinster noun •a story of two delightful spinsters:unmarried woman.▶adjective •the spinster sleuth Jane Marple:unmarried, unwed, unwedded, single, husbandless, maiden, celibate.WORD NOTE spinster An apparently innocent word that would seem to mean "an unmarried woman," until we compare the spinster to her male counterpart—the bachelor —at which point the word reveals its true colors. A bachelor, we might assume, has chosen to remain unmarried, a state which does not reflect on his attractiveness, and indeed may make him even more appealing. Whereas a spinster has had the misfortune of having been unable to find a man. That must be why one sees—especially on TV—the growing use of the term bachelorette, while, so far, we have yet to use the term spinsterette. There are many apparently gender-neutral words which in fact have gender-specific associations. For example, one rarely sees the verb to scold used in reference to men who harangue us. — FPConversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage. |
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