virginal
英[ˈvɜ:dʒɪnl]
美[ˈvɜrdʒɪnl]
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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ADJ-GRADED
处女般的;贞洁的;纯真的
If you describe someone as virginal, you mean that they look young and innocent, as if they have had no experience of sex.
例句
Somehow she'd always been a child in his mind, pure and virginal...
不知何故,她在他心里一直是个天真无邪的孩子。
And Julie married Alec, dressed appropriately in virginal white.
朱莉穿着一件与此场合相称的纯白婚纱嫁给了亚历克。
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ADJ-GRADED
未使用过的;未玷污的
Something that is virginal looks new and clean, as if it has not been used or spoiled.
例句
...abandoning worn-out land to cultivate virginal pasture.
放弃使用过度的土地转而开发新的牧场
英汉词典释义
adj.
处女的;童贞的
virginal membrane
<解>处女膜
virginal bloom
纯洁而美好的少女(时代)未经使用的;未玷污的;新鲜的
(十六、七世纪的)小键琴
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries
Adjective
1. characteristic of a virgin or virginity;
"virginal white dresses"2. untouched or undefiled;
"nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage"- L.P.Smith3. in a state of sexual virginity;
"pure and vestal modesty""a spinster or virgin lady""men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"
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