virgin

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT A virgin is someone, especially a woman or girl, who has never had sex. 处女
I was a virgin until I was thirty years old. 我到30岁时还是个处女。
2. ADJ You use virgin to describe something such as land that has never been used or spoiled. (土地等) 未使用过的
Within 40 years there will be no virgin forest left. 过不了40年原始森林将所剩无几。
3. PHRASE If you say that a situation is virgin territory, you mean that you have no experience of it and it is completely new for you. 处女地; 全新领域
The World Cup is virgin territory for Ecuador. 世界杯对厄瓜多尔来说尚为一片全新的领域。
4. N-COUNT You can use virgin to describe someone who has never done or used a particular thing before. 生手
Until he appeared in "In the Line of Fire" Malkovich had been an action-movie virgin. 在出演《火线》之前，马尔科维奇还是一个动作片的生手。