In America law and custom alike are based upon the dreams of spinsters. 在美国,法律与风俗习惯一样,是把基础置于老处女的梦想之上的。
(logic) of a proposition; necessarily true independent of fact or experience, as all spinsters are unmarried. (逻辑学)指一个命题;不依靠事实或者经验而必然真实的,例如“所有的未婚妇女都是没有结婚的”。