After vows, the bride's floral wreath, which symbolizes her maidenhood, is removed and set afire by the mistress of ceremonies. 婚礼宣誓后,象征新婚少女身份的花环要由婚礼的女主持人取下烧掉。
" I had their maidenhoods. Is that close enough" ?
" 我破了她俩的处子之身,够亲近了吧?"
伊坦·弗洛美
His son seemed likely to follow in his steps, and was meanwhile applying the same arts to the conquest of the Starkfield maidenhood.
他的儿子似乎有可能追随他的脚步, 同时用同样的技巧征服斯塔克菲尔德的少女时代。
冰与火之歌:冰雨的风暴(中英对照)
You said it was my mother you loved. But of course Lady Catelyn was dead, so even if she had loved Petyr secretly and given him her maidenhood, it made no matter now.
I have, though, Sansa thought. I am free of Joffrey. I will not have to kiss him, nor give him my maidenhood, nor bear him children. Let Margaery Tyrell have all that, poor girl.
Virginity is the state of a person who has never engaged in sexual intercourse. There are cultural and religious traditions which place special value and significance on this state, predominantly towards unmarried females, associated with notions of personal purity, honor and worth.