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virgin

英  [ˈvɜːdʒɪn]
    

[ADJ, NOUN]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1(土地等)未使用过的

    You use virgin to describe something such as land that has never been used or spoiled.

    双语例句

    例:

    Within 40 years there will be no virgin forest left.

    过不了40年,原始森林将所剩无几。

    NOUN. 名词
  • virgins

    1[C 可数名词] 处女

    A virgin is someone, especially a woman or girl, who has never had sex.

    双语例句

    例:

    I was a virgin until I was thirty years old.

    我到30岁时还是个处女。

    2[C 可数名词] 生手

    You can use virgin to describe someone who has never done or used a particular thing before.

    双语例句

    例:

    Until he appeared in 'In the Line of Fire' Malkovich had been an action-movie virgin.

    出演《火线狙击》以前,马尔科维奇从未演过动作片。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • virgin territory

    1处女地 , 全新领域

    If you say that a situation is virgin territory, you mean that you have no experience of it and it is completely new for you.

    双语例句

    例:

    The World Cup is virgin territory for Ecuador.

    厄瓜多尔从未举办过世界杯。

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