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- a person, typically a woman, who has never had sexual intercourse处女; 童男。
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- a naive, innocent, or inexperienced person, especially in a particular context(尤指某方面的)纯真者; 无经验的人:
a political virgin.
无政治经验者。
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the Virgin
the mother of Jesus; the Virgin Mary圣母马利亚。
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- a woman who has taken a vow to remain a virgin发誓永做处女的妇女, 贞女。
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the Virgin
the zodiacal sign or constellation Virgo室女宫, 室女星座。
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- Entomology a female insect that produces eggs without being fertilized【昆】孤雌生殖的雌虫。
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- attrib. being, relating to, or appropriate for a virgin(关于, 适于)处女的; 童贞的:
his virgin bride.
他的处女新娘。
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- not yet used or exploited未经使用的; 未开发的:
acres of virgin forests.
大片原始森林。
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- (of clay) not yet fired(黏土)未烧制的。
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- (of wool) not yet, or only once, spun or woven(羊毛)未纺过的; 只纺过一次的。
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- (of olive oil) obtained from the first pressing of olives(橄榄油)初榨的。
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- (of metal) made from ore by smelting(金属)从矿石直接提取的, 原生的。
词源
Middle English: from Old French virgine, from Latin virgo, virgin-.