virgin

英 ['vɜːdʒɪn] 美 ['vɝdʒɪn]

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※ 提供单词"virgin"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

virgin 处女

来自拉丁语virgo,少女，未结婚的姑娘，来自virga,绿枝，嫩枝，词源同verge.

virgin: virgin: [13] Virgin comes via Old French virgine from Latin virgō, a word of uncertain origin. The virginals [16], a form of small harpsichord, were so called because they were intended for playing by girls or young women.
virgin (n.): c. 1200, "unmarried or chaste woman noted for religious piety and having a position of reverence in the Church," from Anglo-French and Old French virgine "virgin; Virgin Mary," from Latin virginem (nominative virgo) "maiden, unwedded girl or woman," also an adj., "fresh, unused," probably related to virga "young shoot." For sense evolution, compare Greek talis "a marriageable girl," cognate with Latin talea "rod, stick, bar."

Meaning "young woman in a state of inviolate chastity" is recorded from c. 1300. Also applied since early 14c. to a chaste man. Meaning "naive or inexperienced person" is attested from 1953. The adjective is recorded from 1550s in the literal sense; figurative sense of "pure, untainted" is attested from c. 1300. The Virgin Islands were named (in Spanish) by Columbus for St. Ursula and her 11,000 martyred virgin companions.

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2. The young people have claimed almost daily visitations from the Virgin Mary.: 这些年轻人说几乎每天都会看到圣母马利亚显圣。