| 单词 | virgin |
| 释义 | virgin /verr"jin/, n. 1. a person who has never had sexual intercourse. 2. an unmarried girl or woman. 3. Eccles. an unmarried, religious woman, esp. a saint. 4. the Virgin, Mary, the mother of Christ. 5. Informal. any person who is uninitiated, uninformed, or the like: He's still a virgin as far as hard work is concerned. 6. a female animal that has never copulated. 7. an unfertilized insect. 8. (cap.) Astron., Astrol. the constellation or sign of Virgo. adj. 9. being a virgin: a virgin martyr. 10. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a virgin: virgin modesty. 11. pure; unsullied; undefiled: virgin snow. 12. first: the senator's virgin speech. 13. without admixture, alloy, or modification: virgin gold. 14. not previously exploited, cultivated, tapped, or used: virgin timberlands; virgin wool. 15. without experience of; not previously exposed to: a mind virgin to such sorrows. 16. Informal. being a mixed drink resembling a specific cocktail but made without any alcoholic ingredient: a virgin piña colada. 17. Zool. not fertilized. 18. (of a metal) made directly from ore by smelting, rather than from scrap. 19. noting the oil obtained, as from olives, by the first pressing without the application of heat. [1150-1200; ME virgine < AF, OF < L virgin-, s. of virgo maiden, virgin] Syn. 2. maid, maiden. 11. chaste, unpolluted. 13. unalloyed, unadulterated. 14. fresh, new. Ant. 11. defiled. 13. mixed, adulterated. |
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