Word · Frequency #4131
virgins
处男；处女；从未有过性行为的人
virgins is the plural of virgin.
a person who has never had sex
- 1.
A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or (uncommonly) an animal that has never mated.
从未有过性行为的人,或(不常见)从未交配过的动物。
- 2.
A representation (picture, statue etc.) of Virgin Mary.
圣母玛利亚的画像、雕像等表现形式。
- 3.
a person who has never had sex
从未有过性行为的人
- 4.
A person who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all.
从未进行过任何性活动的人。
- 5.
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo
出生时太阳位于处女座的人
- 6.
Someone vowed to virginity (usually a woman and often a consecrated virgin), or someone who died in defense of their virginity; (especially) one venerated as a saint.
发誓保持贞洁的人(通常是女性,常为奉献的贞女),或为捍卫贞洁而死的人；(尤其)被尊为圣人的人。
- 7.
the sixth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about August 23 to September 22
黄道第六宫,太阳约在8月23日至9月22日位于此宫
- 8.
Any of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
几种属于灰蝶科的纤翅蝶。
- 9.
A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.
雌性昆虫产卵,尽管没有雄性受精；孤雌生殖的昆虫。
圣母玛利亚像；圣母像；献身守贞的人；贞女；处女座的人；处女座；室女座；孤雌生殖的雌虫；单性生殖的雌虫
In use
He was nervous because he was still a virgin when he started dating.
The researchers interviewed several virgins to understand their views on relationships.
She told her closest friend that she was a virgin and wanted to wait until marriage.
be a virgin
表示从未发生过性行为的状态。
She is still a virgin at the age of 30.
她30岁了还是完璧。
remain a virgin
强调主动选择保持。
Many people choose to remain virgins until marriage.
许多人选择在婚前保持完璧之身。
lose one's virginity
常用动词短语，注意代词与主语一致。
Connections
Collocations
- still a virgin
- 仍是处男/处女
- At 30, he was still a virgin.30岁时，他仍是处男。
- remain a virgin
- 保持童贞
- She vowed to remain a virgin until marriage.她发誓婚前保持童贞。
- die a virgin
- 至死都未破处
- He never married and died a virgin.他从未结婚，至死都是处男。
- no longer a virgin
- 不再纯洁
- After that night, she was no longer a virgin.那一晚之后，她不再是处女了。
- both virgins
- 都是处男/处女
- They were both virgins when they got married.他们结婚时都是处男处女。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
virgin 音似'维贞'，意为保持贞洁之人。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：性教育、医学讨论、个人对话 通常用于中性或正式语境，如性教育和医学讨论，也用于个人对话中描述性经验状态。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the unstressed /dʒɪn/ ending, but none is a perfect rhyme with 'virgin' because the stressed vowel differs (/vɝdʒɪn/ vs. /dʒɪn/ or /ˈɔrɪdʒɪn/, etc.). 'Gin' is the closest in pronunciation but still has a different stressed vowel.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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。
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