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vestal

英['vestl] 美['vestəl]
  • adj. 女灶神的;贞洁的;处女的
  • n. 维斯塔处女

详细释义

Noun:
  1. a chaste woman

Adjective:
  1. of or relating to Vesta;

    "vestal virgin"

  2. 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"

双语例句

1. It is a gardener's improvement on the vestal of the forest, the wild cherry.
它是一个园艺家培养出的森林修女-野樱桃的一个变种.

来自辞典例句

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. The vestal virgin was leaving for the coast.
      炉火女神正要离开前往海边。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. How happy is the blameless vestal!
      纯洁的维斯塔处女是多么快乐!

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