virginal

英['vɜːdʒɪn(ə)l] 美['vɝdʒɪnl]
  • adj. 处女的;无瑕的
  • n. 十六、七世纪的小型有键乐器

英文词源


virginal (adj.)
early 15c., from Old French virginal "virginal, pure, chaste," or directly from Latin virginalis "of a maiden, of a virgin," from virgin (see virgin). The keyed musical instrument so called from 1520s (see virginals).

双语例句


1. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

3. She was dressed in virginal white.
她穿了一身洁白无瑕的衣服。

来自《权威词典》

4. Virgins are not virginal as they used to be.
现在的女孩子可没有从前那么贞洁了.

来自辞典例句

5. Men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal.
男人曾经规定,他们的女人必须是纯洁的处女.

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