vestal

FREQ #45641

a. 女灶神的 n. 处女, 修女

发音

其它 /ˈvɛs.t(ə)l/

词形变化

vestals 复数 vestals

别名

Vestal

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar; a vestal virgin.

  2. 2.

    A female virgin; a woman who has never had sexual relations.

  3. 3.

    A nun.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth.

  2. 2.

    Pure; chaste.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

woman
形容词

同义词 4

pure virgin virtuous virginal

近义相关 1

chaste

相关短语

vestal virgin n. 维斯太贞女,贞女,处女, 修女 vestal virgins St. John's Wood vestal Drury Lane vestal

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin Vestālis.

来源：wiktionary