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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

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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