spinsterhood

1. But nobody said anything about poor Berry, who cried for six weeks ( being soundly rated by her good aunt all the time), and lapsed into a state of hopeless spinsterhood.
   可是对可怜的贝里却没有一个人说过一句话；她哭了六个星期（她善良的姑妈一直在严厉地斥责她），并落到一个绝望的老处女的处境。

noun

1. the state of being a spinster (usually an elderly unmarried woman)