英和和英

読み方 どくしん

名詞

Single life; single estate; single blessedness; celibacy:（=の） single; unmarried

用例

• 彼（女）は独身だ
  He is a bachelor
  She is a spinster.

• 独身の伯（叔）父
  a bachelor uncle
• 独身の伯（叔）母
  a spinster aunt
• 独身で暮らす
  to live single―live in single blessedness―continue single―（男なら）―remain a bachelor―（女なら）―remain a spinster
• 僕は生涯独身で暮らすつもりだ
  I will remain a bachelor through life―live and die a bachelor.
• 女皇は終生独身で世を過ごされた
  The queen continued single through life―lived and died a virgin.
• 独身を誓う
  to take the vows of celibacy
• 僕は独身を誓ったわけではない
  I am not under the vows of celibacy.
• 君は細君があるか、まだ独身か
  Are you married?
  Are you still unmarried?