Vestal
[vestl]
解释:
(a.) Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth; hence, pure; chaste.
(a.) A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar.
(a.) A virgin; a woman pure and chaste; also, a nun.
编辑:卢克
例句:
- She drove out solemnly in their great family coach with them, and Miss Wirt their governess, that raw-boned Vestal. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- She lost her gaiety, she laid aside her sports, and assumed an almost vestal plainness of attire. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- She was the most hospitable and jovial of old vestals, and had been a beauty in her day, she said. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
整理:洛厄尔