virgin

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

vir·gin [virgin virgins] noun, adjective BrE [ˈvɜːdʒɪn] NAmE [ˈvɜːrdʒɪn]
noun
1. countable a person who has never had sex
2. the (Blessed) Virginsingular the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ
3. countable a person who has no experience of a particular activity
•a political virgin
•an Internet virgin

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French virgine, from Latin virgo, virgin-.

Example Bank:
•She was a virgin when she got married

 
adjective
1. usually before noun in its original pure or natural condition and not changed, touched or spoiled
•virgin forest/land/territory
•virgin snow (= fresh and not marked)
2. only before noun with no sexual experience
•a virgin bride
•the virgin birth (= the belief that Mary was a ↑virgin before and after giving birth to Jesus)

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French virgine, from Latin virgo, virgin-.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  pure, vestal, virginal, virtuous, Virgo, Virgo the Virgin, Virgin