Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #21143
virginal
处女的；像处女的
核心释义
being or resembling a virgin
- 1.
是或像处女的。
Being or resembling a virgin.
- 2.
未被污染的；纯净的
Uncontaminated or pure.
- 3.
单性生殖的。
Parthenogenic.
纯洁的；未玷污的；单性生殖的；孤雌生殖的；是或像处女的。；未被污染的；纯净的；单性生殖的。
用法In use
The writer stared at the virginal page, hesitant to make the first mark.
用法提示：virginal 作定语形容词，意为“纯净的、未受玷污的”，形容页面空白未用。
A layer of virginal snow covered the fields, with no tracks in sight.
用法提示：virginal 作定语形容词，意为“未被触碰的、纯净的”，修饰雪。
In some fish species, virginal reproduction allows females to produce offspring without males.
用法提示：virginal 作定语，意为“单性生殖的”，与 reproduction 一起表示孤雌生殖。
virginal + noun
作定语置于名词前，强调未受污染、保持原始状态。
The valley is covered in virginal forest.
山谷覆盖着原始纯净的森林。
remain virginal
与 remain、stay 等连系动词连用，表示状态持续未变。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- virginal white
- 纯白；洁白
- She chose a virginal white dress for the ceremony.她为典礼选了一条纯白的裙子。
- virginal purity
- 贞洁；纯洁无瑕
- The artist tried to capture the virginal purity of the young woman.这位艺术家试图捕捉年轻女子纯洁无瑕的美。
- virginal innocence
- 天真无邪；处子般的纯真
- He was moved by her virginal innocence.他被她的天真无邪打动了。
- virginal bride
- 贞洁的新娘
- The virginal bride walked down the aisle.贞洁的新娘走过教堂的过道。
- virginal membrane
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
virgin（处女）加 -al 变形容词；联想白雪覆盖的处女地洁白未被触碰，即纯净未玷污。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary prose、scientific literature virginal 作形容词通常用于正式或文学语境，表示“处女的；像处女的”或“纯净的、未玷污的”；在生物学中则指“单性生殖的”。日常口语中较少见，多出现在书面描写中。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
No common word rhymes exactly with virginal /ˈvəːdʒɪnəl/. The closest spelling lookalikes are original /əˈrɪdʒɪnəl/ and marginal /ˈmɑːdʒɪnəl/, but their stressed vowels differ (marginal has /ɑː/, and original stresses the second syllable with /ə/). Criminal, nominal, and cardinal share the -inal spelling but are not rhymes; final is a lookalike with /aɪ/.
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.