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Definition of vestal in English: vestaladjective ˈvɛst(ə)lˈvɛstl 1Relating to the Roman goddess Vesta. （与）罗马女灶神维斯太（有关）的 祭女灶神维斯太的庙。 - 1.1literary Chaste; pure.
〈诗/文〉贞洁的；纯洁的 Example sentencesExamples - The taste of white bread did not cross my vestal lips until I was six, when the doctor recommended - before the days of fiber and oat bran - that it would be healthier for my grandmother.
Synonyms chaste, virginal, celibate, abstinent, self-restrained, self-denying
noun ˈvɛst(ə)lˈvɛstl 1A Vestal Virgin. 维斯太贞女 Synonyms maiden, unmarried girl, maid, vestal virgin, chaste woman, celibate - 1.1literary A chaste woman, especially a nun.
〈诗/文〉贞洁的女子（尤指修女） Example sentencesExamples - Whether Pope meant the line to be ironic or not, the poem clearly comes down on the side of earthly, physical love and remembering, as opposed to the ‘vestals’ who have never lived at all and have nothing to forget.
- The title of his film comes from Alexander Pope's poem ‘Eloisa to Abelard’, and the stanza goes: ‘How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
- Later on it occurs to the otherwise gullible Jude that ‘it had been no vestal who chose that missile for opening her attack on him’.
Synonyms nun, novice, abbess, prioress, mother superior, reverend mother
Definition of vestal in US English: vestaladjectiveˈvestlˈvɛstl 1Relating to the Roman goddess Vesta. （与）罗马女灶神维斯太（有关）的 祭女灶神维斯太的庙。 - 1.1literary Chaste; pure.
〈诗/文〉贞洁的；纯洁的 Example sentencesExamples - The taste of white bread did not cross my vestal lips until I was six, when the doctor recommended - before the days of fiber and oat bran - that it would be healthier for my grandmother.
Synonyms chaste, virginal, celibate, abstinent, self-restrained, self-denying
nounˈvestlˈvɛstl 1A Vestal Virgin. 维斯太贞女 Synonyms maiden, unmarried girl, maid, vestal virgin, chaste woman, celibate - 1.1literary A chaste woman, especially a nun.
〈诗/文〉贞洁的女子（尤指修女） Example sentencesExamples - The title of his film comes from Alexander Pope's poem ‘Eloisa to Abelard’, and the stanza goes: ‘How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
- Later on it occurs to the otherwise gullible Jude that ‘it had been no vestal who chose that missile for opening her attack on him’.
- Whether Pope meant the line to be ironic or not, the poem clearly comes down on the side of earthly, physical love and remembering, as opposed to the ‘vestals’ who have never lived at all and have nothing to forget.
Synonyms nun, novice, abbess, prioress, mother superior, reverend mother
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