单词 | virgin |
释义 | virgin1 nounvirgin2 adjective virginvir‧gin1 /ˈvɜːdʒɪn $ ˈvɜːr-/ noun [countable] ![]() ![]() WORD ORIGINvirgin1 ExamplesOrigin: 1100-1200 Old French virgine, from Latin virgo ‘young woman, virgin’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorwhen someone does not have sex► virgin Collocations someone who has never had sex: · Some men will not marry a woman who is no longer a virgin.· At 27 he was still a virgin and very shy about it. ► celibate someone who is celibate has chosen not to have sex at all, especially for religious reasons: · He had remained celibate for three years before he met Hannah.· She was not prepared for a celibate life in the Church. ► platonic a platonic relationship is one between people who do not have sex with each other, but are just friends - use this especially when other people think they are having a sexual relationship: · Their relationship was strictly platonic, even though she was living in his apartment.· In the novel, Edward and Susannah present a perfect model of platonic love. ► be just (good) friends use this to say that two people are not having a sexual relationship: · "Are you going out with Liam?'' "No, we're just good friends.''· I keep telling my mother that Peter and I are just friends but she doesn't seem to believe me. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► virgin forest Phrases (=forest that has not been used or changed by people)· Here virgin forest remains that is at least a thousand years old. PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► the Virgin Mary 1someone who has never had sex2 the Virgin Mary (also the (Blessed) Virgin) Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ3someone who has never done a particular activity before:
![]() virgin1 nounvirgin2 adjective virginvirgin2 adjective [only before noun] ![]() ![]() EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
THESAURUS► natural Collocations existing in nature and not caused, made, or controlled by people: · a natural lake· natural light· the Earth's natural resources· We only use natural ingredients in our products.· his natural hair colour ► wild used about flowers, plants, and animals that are not controlled by people. Also used about areas of land where there are no humans: · We found some wild strawberries.· wild horses· wild open spaces ► pure used about food, drink, or materials that have not had anything added to them: · pure orange juice· pure new wool ► organic used about fruit, vegetables, meat etc produced without using chemicals: · organic carrots· organic milk· organic beauty products ► unspoiled (also unspoilt British English) a place that is unspoiled is still beautiful because no one has built roads or buildings on it: · It was a pleasant unspoilt village.· The countryside is remarkably unspoiled. ► untouched [not before noun] a place that is untouched has not been affected by human activity: · There are few forested areas of the world that remain untouched by humans. ► virgin [only before noun] virgin forest or land is still in its natural state and has not been spoiled or changed in any way by humans: · Large areas of virgin rainforest will be protected from destruction.· He bought 14,000 acres of virgin land in Ontario. ► natural existing in nature and not caused, made, or controlled by people: · a natural lake· natural light· the Earth's natural resources· We only use natural ingredients in our products.· his natural hair colour ► wild used about flowers, plants, and animals that are not controlled by people. Also used about areas of land where there are no humans: · We found some wild strawberries.· wild horses· wild open spaces ► pure used about food, drink, or materials that have not had anything added to them: · pure orange juice· pure new wool ► organic used about fruit, vegetables, meat etc produced without using chemicals: · organic carrots· organic milk· organic beauty products ► unspoiled (also unspoilt British English) a place that is unspoiled is still beautiful because no one has built roads or buildings on it: · It was a pleasant unspoilt village.· The countryside is remarkably unspoiled. ► untouched [not before noun] a place that is untouched has not been affected by human activity: · There are few forested areas of the world that remain untouched by humans. ► virgin [only before noun] virgin forest or land is still in its natural state and has not been spoiled or changed in any way by humans: · Large areas of virgin rainforest will be protected from destruction.· He bought 14,000 acres of virgin land in Ontario. Longman Language Activatorplants/animals/places/substances► natural not made, caused, or changed by humans: · It was fascinating to see the elephants in their natural environment.· The river had worn away the rock to form a natural bridge.· A pipeline carries natural gas from under the sea to the refinery inland.natural resources (=useful or valuable substances such as oil, coal etc that exist naturally in a particular country): · Zaire is a country with substantial natural resources. ► wild wild flowers, plants, and animals are in their natural state and have not been changed or controlled by humans: · There were lots of wild flowers growing by the roadside.· Wild strawberries are much smaller than the kind you get in shops.· In my opinion, wild animals should not be kept in zoos.wildlife (=wild animals, plants etc): · The island has an abundance of wildlife - animals, birds and fish.grow wild: · Banana trees were growing wild on the edge of the forest. ► in the wild if animals live in the wild , they live in their natural state, not in a place such as a farm: · There are only about 5000 white rhino left living in the wild. ► raw raw sugar, silk, tobacco etc is in its natural state before or without being changed by a chemical process: · Ghana still imports both raw and processed tobacco.· The Princess was wearing a dark green dress made of raw silk.raw materials (=basic natural materials that are needed to produce things): · Japan depends on the outside world for virtually all of its raw materials, including oil. ► virgin virgin forest, land etc is still in its natural state and has not been spoiled or changed by human beings: · Here we find immense virgin forests, similar to those of the Amazon and Indonesia.· In front of them were 500 miles of virgin plains almost uninhabited by white people. ► untamed an animal or place that is untamed has not been trained, controlled, or changed in any way by people, so that it is still completely wild: · Untamed horses roamed free in the wilds of the American plains.· These were the first railways, the first means of crossing wide open spaces that are still vast and untamed, even today. ► unspoiled also unspoilt British a place that is unspoiled is still in its beautiful natural state because no-one has built roads, buildings etc on it - use this especially about a place that has not been developed for tourists: · With its largely unspoiled natural beauty, Vietnam is rapidly becoming a destination for more and more foreign visitors.· The path leads eventually to a vast expanse of unspoilt woodland.· If you go further into the countryside, you will come across a number of unspoilt medieval walled villages. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► virgin bride Phrases![]() (=forest that has not been used or changed by people)· Here virgin forest remains that is at least a thousand years old. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► birth· If we are truthful we may admit that we find the ideas of the virgin birth or the resurrection incredulous.· In the absence of divine intervention, virgin birth for mammals is not an option.· It can not be proved that the virgin birth did not happen.· There is no knowledge of the idea of the virgin birth in the Church before the Gospels were written.· Again the virgin birth, in view of what we now know of human reproduction, has become highly suspect for people.· The angel's answer is part of the foundation of the teaching about the virgin birth. ► forest· Some scientists believe that it can take up to a thousand years for virgin forest to be truly established.· Cloud shadows scudded across immeasurable stands of virgin forests.· Another road runs south, through the oilfields, and is constantly being extended into virgin forest.· The trees here were all larger and growing much more vigorously than in the virgin forest above.· In response to the beard-shaving incident the Dwarfs chopped down entire virgin forests to spite the Elves. ► land· After an initial few hundred feet across virgin land the railway will join the old trackbed of the long-disused Newbury Railway.· The whole of the transcendent is virgin land whereas the mundane is filled with the debris of a lifetime. ► snow· Within an hour, Bucharest is buried under a blanket of virgin snow.· In low range, it walks with authority across a field covered by a couple of feet of packed virgin snow. ► territory· As far as Labour is concerned, this is virgin territory.· Helena some years earlier to map the stars of the southern hemisphere-virtually virgin territory on the landscape of the night.· Working on what in effect was virgin territory for customs officers our crews produced fantastic results in the earlier days.· I mean, this was still virgin territory, there were no tube lines running to this part of the frontier.· Of course, our rummage crews were working on more or less virgin territory, where no customs rummage crew had been before. PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► virgin land/forest/soil/snow etc 1virgin land/forest/soil/snow etc land etc that is still in its natural state and has not been used or changed by people2without sexual experience:
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