vestal

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美

网络  维斯塔; 女神官; 贞女; 灶神维斯太; 纯洁的

BNC.43656 / COCA.39497

英英释义

noun

• a chaste woman

adj

• in a state of sexual virginity
  1. pure and vestal modesty
  2. a spinster or virgin lady
  3. men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal
  Synonym:purevirginvirginalvirtuous
• of or relating to Vesta
  1. vestal virgin

双语例句

• Chosen from noble families before they reached the age of10, the six Vestal Virgins were honored and revered by the Romans.
  6名在10岁之前就从贵族家族中挑选出来的维斯塔贞女备受罗马人的尊崇。
• And solve my vestal problem.
  去帮我解决掉那个祭祀。
• There are accusations that a vestal virgin distributed it.
  有人揭发是一个处女祭祀发散的。
• I am a vestal virgin, one of only six in all the world.
  我是全世界仅有的六名灶神修女之一。
• The vestal order takes no position on the actions of the senate.
  修女在这次元老的行动中没有参与过。
• Joseph is a carpenter, a Masurium money pouch vestal virgin, soon becomes Joseph the wife.
  约瑟夫是个木匠，玛利是个贞女，即将成为约瑟夫的妻子。
• 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。
• In order to prevent his niece, Rhea Silvia, from havIng offsprIng and so contInuIng Numitor's lIneage, Amulius forced her to become a vestal virgIn.
  为了防止侄女雷亚·西尔维亚生育后代从而继承王位，阿穆利乌斯强迫她去当女祭司，宣誓永葆贞洁。
• You're paying a visit to the vestal temple.
  你要去一趟祭祀院。
• Pure and vestal modesty; a spinster or virgin lady; men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal.
  贞洁的端庄；未婚妇女或者处女；男人们规定他们的女人必须是贞洁的处女。