vestal

adj. 纯洁的，处女的；女灶神的

n. 处女，贞女；修女

n. (Vestal)人名；(英)维斯塔尔

adj.

女灶神的，贞洁的，处女的；

n.

处女，修女；

英英释义

vestal[ 'vestəl ]

n.a chaste woman

adj.

of or relating to Vesta

"vestal virgin"

in a state of sexual virginity

"pure and vestal modesty"

同义词：purevirginvirginalvirtuous

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

The vestal virgin was leaving for the coast.
炉火女神正要离开前往海边。

用作名词(n.)

How happy is the blameless vestal!
纯洁的维斯塔处女是多么快乐！

权威例句

vestal (adj.)

"chaste, pure, virgin," 1590s, originally (early 15c.) "belonging to or dedicated to Vesta," Roman goddess of hearth and home, from Latin vestalis. The noun is recorded from 1570s, short for Vestal virgin, one of four (later six) priestesses (Latin virgines Vestales) in charge of the sacred fire in the temple of Vesta in Rome. From 1580s in reference to any virgin or chaste woman.

They entered the service of the goddess at from six to ten years of age, their term of service lasting thirty years. They were then permitted to retire and to marry, but few did so, for, as vestals, they were treated with great honor, and had important public privileges. Their persons were inviolable, any offense against them being punished with death, and they were treated in all their relations with the highest distinction and reverence. A vestal who broke her vow of chastity was immured alive in an underground vault amid public mourning. There were very few such instances; in one of them, under Domitian, the chief of the vestals was put to death under a false charge trumped up by the emperor.

1. Vestal virgins. I can see them.

我仿佛能够看见她们。

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2. Thee Vestal Virgins lived at the Forum as well.

[6]维斯塔贞女也居住在古罗马广场。

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3. Vestal looked up to see Belfred crooking a finger from the half darkness of the hall.

薇思德一抬头，看见白菲瑞达在半明半暗的门厅里弯弯手指招她过去。

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4. Vestal looked up to see Belfreda crooking a finger from the half-darkness of the hall.

薇思德一抬头，看见白菲瑞达在半明半暗的门厅里弯弯手指招她过去。

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5. Livia was appointed a priestess in Augustus' newly established cult and, like a vestal, the right to a lictor when she performed her duties.

利维娅被任命为新设立的奥古斯都祭司，并且如同维斯塔贞女一样在履行公务的时候享有扈从跟随的荣耀。

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6. Agency investigators wrote a report on Vestal and then the FDA took more three years to begin the disciplinary process, allowing Vestal to work on additional trials.

政府调查人员写了一份有关他的报告，而FDA进行纪律处分却用了三年多的时间，在这期间一直允许Vestal进行其他的临床试验。

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7. Agency investigators wrote a report on Vestal and then the FDA took more three years to begin the disciplinary process, allowing Vestal to work on additional trials.

政府调查人员写了一份有关他的报告，而FDA进行纪律处分却用了三年多的时间，在这期间一直允许Vestal进行其他的临床试验。

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8. The goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing the sacred fire tended by the vestal virgins

维斯塔女灶神，供奉在庙里，在里面有由灶炉仙女们照料的圣火

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

9. Relating to or characteristic of the vestal virgins.

灶神的与灶神仙女有关或者有其特征的

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

10. I've defied the vestal order by choosing sides.

我违背了韦斯塔的誓言而选择了一方

-- 来源 -- 电影对白

11. Some would be for transforming the beautiful solitary vestal flame by the first effort of the multiplicationtable

还有些人会把这种美丽专一的圣洁火焰从一开始就按简单的乘法表转变成穿着拖鞋围坐在火炉边的家庭感情。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

12. this case is going to be tighter than a vestal virgin.

这个案子将会比维斯泰贞女 的处罚更加严酷

-- 来源 -- 电影对白

13. It is a gardener's improvement on the vestal of the forest, the wild cherry.

它是一个园艺家培养出的森林修女-野樱桃的一个变种。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

14. The vestal order takes no position on the actions of the senate.

修女在这次元老的行动中没有参与过

-- 来源 -- 电影对白

15. pure and vestal modesty; a spinster or virgin lady; men have decreed that their women must be pure and

贞洁的端庄；未婚妇女或者处女；男人们规定他们的女人必须是贞洁的处女。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

16. I know the vestal matriarch has sworn the temple will not take sides.

我知道女族长是发过誓,神殿不参与斗争的

-- 来源 -- 电影对白

17. Rhea Silvia, from having offspring and so continuing Numitor's lineage, Amulius forced her to become a vestal

为了防止侄女雷亚·西尔维亚生育后代从而继承王位,阿穆利乌斯强迫她去当女祭司,宣誓永葆贞洁。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考