maiden name

英 [ˈmeɪdn neɪm]

美 [ˈmeɪdn neɪm]

n.  (女子的)娘家姓

牛津词典

noun

• （女子的）娘家姓
  a woman's family name before marriage
  1. Kate kept her maiden name when she got married (= did not change her surname to that of her husband) .
     凯特结婚后仍用她娘家的姓。

柯林斯词典

• (已婚女子的)娘家姓，婚前姓
  A married woman'smaiden nameis her parents' surname, which she used before she got married and started using her husband's surname.

英英释义

noun

• a woman's surname before marriage

双语例句

• When they divorced, she reverted to usin her maiden name.
  他们离婚后，她恢复了使用自己的娘家姓氏。
• During a family conversation this summer, her grandsons learned her maiden name was Glasberg, and they began to investigate her past.
  在今年夏天的一次聊天中，她的孙子知道了她未出嫁前姓格莱斯伯格，于是开始调查她的过去。
• Kate kept her maiden name when she got married.
  凯特结婚后仍姓她娘家的姓。
• Scott is both the middle name of Cannon, 30, and his grandmother's maiden name.
  Scott是Nick中间的名字，也是他祖母未出嫁前的名字。
• Michel Rollier always uses his wife's maiden name when booking a restaurant.
  贺立业（MichelRollier）在订餐厅时总是使用他妻子的娘家姓。
• Why areyou calling me by my maiden name, you big jerk?
  你为什么叫我婚前的名字，你这大混蛋？
• Mother is maiden name?
  你母亲女佣的名字？
• S: Oh, you mean my mother's maiden name?
  斯科特：您是说我母亲婚前的姓名？
• I shouid have kept my maiden name.
  我真该用我的娘家姓。
• Eg. she resumed her maiden name after the divorce.
  她离婚后重新使用娘家的姓。