中英词典查询

vestal ['vestəl]

adj. 女灶神的,贞洁的,处女的;
n. 处女,修女;

例句:

  • The rape of a vestal virgin by Mars produced Romulus and Remus, who founded Rome.
    来自NEWYORKER
  • 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.
  • Water was topping flood walls in Union and Vestal as well as Binghamton, he said.
    来自CNN
  • The modern relay has a nod to the flame-kindling vestal virgins from the rival Roman civilisation thrown in.
    来自BBC