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

• What is your mother's maiden name?
  你的母亲的娘家姓氏是什么？
• Mary keeps her own maiden name for business reasons.
  为了工作方便，玛丽结了婚还是用她自己的姓。
• Mother's maiden name, please.
  请说出你母亲婚前的名字。
• She wrote her maiden name in them when she knew we were splitting.
  一知道要分开，她立马把自己的名字写上去了。
• My parents came to visit on Christmas day and they had this letter from Europe addressed to my maiden name, Lemon.
  我父母在圣诞那天来做客，他们带来了这封从欧洲寄来的信，收信人的名字用的是我的娘家姓Lemon。
• Her maiden name is Li.
  她娘家姓李。
• 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。
• S: Oh, you mean my mother's maiden name?
  斯科特：您是说我母亲婚前的姓名？
• You didn't think people would recognise your maiden name.
  你以为人们不会知道你的婚前姓。
• Eg. she resumed her maiden name after the divorce.
  她离婚后重新使用娘家的姓。