单词 | virgin |
释义 | vir·gin ![]() n. 1. a. A person who has not experienced sexual intercourse. b. A female virgin. Used chiefly in historical contexts. 2. Virgin The Virgin Mary. 3. Zoology An animal that has not mated or has not been fertilized. 4. A person who is inexperienced in a given activity or field: "all these [factors] kept me a gun virgin well into midlife" (Michael DiLeo). adj. 1. a. Never having experienced sexual intercourse; chaste. b. Zoology Relating to or being a virgin. 2. Inexperienced or about to gain first experience in a given activity or field: a virgin skydiver. 3. Unaltered or barely altered by human action, especially: a. Not traveled upon: virgin snow. b. Never having had trees removed or cut down: a virgin forest. c. Never having been cultivated: virgin land. d. Not processed or refined: virgin ore; virgin wood pulp. 4. Happening for the first time; initial: a ship's virgin voyage. 5. Obtained directly from the first pressing: virgin olive oil. 6. Made with the ingredients of a cocktail but without alcohol. [Middle English, from Old French virgine, from Latin virgō, virgin-.] |
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