vir·gin /ˈvɝʤən/



 vir·gin /ˈvɝʤən/ 名詞



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 Vir·gin n.
 1. A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid.
 2. A person of the male sex who has not known sexual indulgence.  [Archaic]
    These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins.   --Rev. xiv. 4.
 He his flesh hath overcome;
 He was a virgin, as he said.   --Gower.
 3. Astron. See Virgo.
 4. Zool. Any one of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
 5. Zool. A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.
 The Virgin, or The Blessed Virgin, the Virgin Mary, the Mother of Jesus Christ.
 Virgin's bower Bot., a name given to several climbing plants of the genus Clematis, as Clematis Vitalba of Europe, and Clematis Virginiana of North America.


 Vir·gin a.
 1. Being a virgin; chaste; of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly; modest; indicating modesty; as, a virgin blush.  “Virgin shame.”
 Innocence and virgin modesty . . .
 That would be wooed, and unsought be won.   --Milton.
 2. Pure; undefiled; unmixed; fresh; new; as, virgin soil; virgin gold. “Virgin Dutch.”
    The white cold virgin snow upon my heart.   --Shak.
    A few ounces of mutton, with a little virgin oil.   --Landor.
 3. Not yet pregnant; impregnant.


 Vir·gin, v. i. To act the virgin; to be or keep chaste; -- followed by it.  See It, 5.  [Obs.] “My true lip hath virgined it e'er since [that kiss].”

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 virgin
      adj 1: being used or worked for the first time; "virgin wool"
      2: in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty";
         "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their
         women must be pure and virginal" [syn: pure, vestal, virginal,
          virtuous]
      n 1: a person who has never had sex
      2: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo
         [syn: Virgo]
      3: the sixth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from
         about August 23 to September 22 [syn: Virgo, {Virgo the
         Virgin]


 Virgin
    In a prophecy concerning our Lord, Isaiah (7:14) says, "A virgin
    [R.V. marg., 'the virgin'] shall conceive, and bear a son"
    (comp. Luke 1:31-35). The people of the land of Zidon are thus
    referred to by Isaiah (23:12), "O thou oppressed virgin,
    daughter of Zidon;" and of the people of Israel, Jeremiah
    (18:13) says, "The virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible
    thing."