vestal
/ˈvɛs.t(ə)l/
词源链
- 英语English
vestal
词源说明
Learned borrowing from Latin Vestālis.
释义
名词noun
- 1A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar; a vestal virgin.
- 2A female virgin; a woman who has never had sexual relations.
- 3A nun