英语词汇“halfvirgin”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

half-virgin n. a person who, despite having engaged in sexual activity in some form, is, or regards himself or herself as, a virgin; cf. demi-vierge n.

1738 tr. B. Le B. de Fontenelle Lettres de Chevalier d'Her—— in Bayle's Gen. Dict. Hist. & Crit. VII. 283/1 You may practise them [sc. your charms] on Mr. F—— himself; you will be a half-virgin [Fr. demy-Fille] to him; and, so long as you shall go by a different name from his, you will have a right to be a little coyer and more reserved in your carriage towards him.

1894 Athenæum 30 June 835/1 He [sc. Marcel Prévost, author of Les Demi-Vierges] suggests that half-virgins—a minority, he admits, among the young ladies of France, and even of Paris—are more numerous in other countries.

1946 A. Koestler Thieves in Night 165 As obscene and shocking to me as a petting party with a half-virgin.

1965 N. Freeling Criminal Conversat. ii. xv. 164 I imagined, being full of valuable premedical catch-phrases, that she was ‘half-virgin’ and therefore despicable.

2007 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 13 July Then came the ‘half-virgin’ as Terry Bedesi described himself. Explained the 23-year-old bookseller from Queens: ‘There's certain parts of me that's still a virgin.’

half-virgin n. = demi-vierge n.

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1946 A. Koestler Thieves in Night 165 As obscene and shocking to me as a petting party with a half-virgin.

1965 N. Freeling Criminal Conversat. ii. xv. 164, I imagined, being full of valuable premedical catch-phrases, that she was ‘half-virgin’ and therefore despicable.

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释义	> as lemmas half-virgin half-virgin n. a person who, despite having engaged in sexual activity in some form, is, or regards himself or herself as, a virgin; cf. demi-vierge n. Π 1738 tr. B. Le B. de Fontenelle Lettres de Chevalier d'Her—— in Bayle's Gen. Dict. Hist. & Crit. VII. 283/1 You may practise them [sc. your charms] on Mr. F—— himself; you will be a half-virgin [Fr. demy-Fille] to him; and, so long as you shall go by a different name from his, you will have a right to be a little coyer and more reserved in your carriage towards him. 1894 Athenæum 30 June 835/1 He [sc. Marcel Prévost, author of Les Demi-Vierges] suggests that half-virgins—a minority, he admits, among the young ladies of France, and even of Paris—are more numerous in other countries. 1946 A. Koestler Thieves in Night 165 As obscene and shocking to me as a petting party with a half-virgin. 1965 N. Freeling Criminal Conversat. ii. xv. 164 I imagined, being full of valuable premedical catch-phrases, that she was ‘half-virgin’ and therefore despicable. 2007 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 13 July Then came the ‘half-virgin’ as Terry Bedesi described himself. Explained the 23-year-old bookseller from Queens: ‘There's certain parts of me that's still a virgin.’ extracted from halfadj. half-virgin half-virgin n. = demi-vierge n. ΚΠ 1946 A. Koestler Thieves in Night 165 As obscene and shocking to me as a petting party with a half-virgin. 1965 N. Freeling Criminal Conversat. ii. xv. 164, I imagined, being full of valuable premedical catch-phrases, that she was ‘half-virgin’ and therefore despicable. extracted from half-comb. form < as lemmas
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