virgin
noun[C]
uk/ˈvɜː.dʒɪn/us/ˈvɝː.dʒɪn/C2
someone who has never hadsex:
处女;童男Sheremaineda virgin until she was over thirty.她三十多岁了还是处女之身。
Do youthinkhe's still a virgin?你觉得他还是童男吗?
humorous
apersonwith noexperienceof aparticularactivity
从未有过…经历的人;新手- Hewantstomarrya virgin.
- She was a virgin until she was 30.
- He is apoliticalvirgin.
Inexperienced people and lack of experience
- apprentice
- beginner
- blind
- dilettante
- freshman
- functional illiterate
- laywoman
- lightweight
- muggle
- naïf
- neophyte
- non-philosopher
- nonspecialist
- not know the meaning of the wordidiom
- novice
- probationer
- the blind leading the blindidiom
- upstart
- virgin territoryidiom
- virginity
virgin
adjective
uk/ˈvɜː.dʒɪn/us/ˈvɝː.dʒɪn/virginadjective(AREA/THING)
C2
A virginforestorareaoflandhas notyetbeencultivated(= used togrowcrops)or used bypeople:
(森林等)未开发的,原始状态的Therailwayis beingextendedintoareasof virginforest.这条铁路一直延伸到原始森林地带。
Virginoil,especiallyoliveoil, is madedirectlyfrompressingthefruit,ratherthan by usingheat:
(油,尤指橄榄油)初榨的,直接提取的extravirginoliveoil特等初榨橄榄油
[before noun]literary
pureand notspoiled,especiallywhendescribingsomethingwhite:
(尤指白色物品)纯洁的,未玷污的a virginsheetofpaper(= one not written on)一张白纸
Geography: deserts, prairies & wildernesses
- brush
- bush
- Bushman
- desert
- dust bowl
- heathland
- marginal land
- moor
- moorland
- mulga
- pampas
- pasture
- plain
- prairie
- Sahara
- the Gobi Desert
- tundra
- veld
- wadi
- wasteland
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Fats & oils in food & cooking
Unspoilt
Black, white & grey
virginadjective(PERSON)
[before noun]
never having hadsex:
童贞的;处女的a virginbride贞洁的新娘
Idiom
virgin territory