MARRYan unmarried woman, usually one who is no longer young and seems unlikely to marry 〔看来不大可能会结婚的〕老姑娘,老处女 → bachelor► see thesaurus at married
Examples from the Corpus
spinster• That she should ever marry was not in his mind, though a spinster on the boards would hardly do.• In 1973 Wendy Ellis, poor Wendy, a spinster, diedaged thirty-five of liverfailure.• As in Ireland, there are many frustratedbachelors and spinsters, and there are frequent late marriages.• Sally lives with her mother and her spinsteraunt.• And what about us inveteratespinsters, us permanent bachelors?• There did seem to be a lot of spinsters in the twenties.• A dried-up old spinster like that talking of love!• It had been clear from the start that the spinster had taken an instantdislike to both Ashi and her daughter.• Both my father's sisters were spinsters.
Originspinster
(1600-1700)spinster“woman who spins”((14-20 centuries)), from spin