資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Virgin \Vir"gin\, a.
   1. Being a virgin; chaste; of or pertaining to a virgin;
      becoming a virgin; maidenly; modest; indicating modesty;
      as, a virgin blush. ``Virgin shame.'' --Cowley.

            Innocence and virgin modesty . . . That would be
            wooed, and unsought be won.           --Milton.

   2. Pure; undefiled; unmixed; fresh; new; as, virgin soil;
      virgin gold. ``Virgin Dutch.'' --G. W. Cable.

            The white cold virgin snow upon my heart. --Shak.

            A few ounces of mutton, with a little virgin oil.
                                                  --Landor.

   3. Not yet pregnant; impregnant. --Milton.

Virgin \Vir"gin\, n. [L. virgo, -inis: cf. OF. virgine, virgene,
   virge, vierge, F. vierge.]
   1. A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid.

   2. A person of the male sex who has not known sexual
      indulgence. [Archaic] --Wyclif.

            These are they which were not defiled with women;
            for they are virgins.                 --Rev. xiv. 4.

            He his flesh hath overcome; He was a virgin, as he
            said.                                 --Gower.

   3. (Astron.) See {Virgo}.

   4. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of gossamer-winged
      butterflies of the family {Lyc[ae]nid[ae]}.

   5. (Zo["o]l.) A female insect producing eggs from which young
      are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a
      male; a parthenogenetic insect.

   {The Virgin}, or {The Blessed Virgin}, the Virgin Mary, the
      Mother of our Lord.

   {Virgin's bower} (Bot.), a name given to several climbing
      plants of the genus {Clematis}, as {C. Vitalba} of Europe,
      and {C. Virginiana} of North America.

Virgin \Vir"gin\, v. i.
   To act the virgin; to be or keep chaste; -- followed by it.
   See {It}, 5. [Obs.] ``My true lip hath virgined it e'er since
   [that kiss].'' --Shak.

資料來源 : WordNet®

virgin
     adj 1: being used or worked for the first time; "virgin wool"
     2: in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty";
        "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their
        women must be pure and virginal" [syn: {pure}, {vestal}, {virginal},
         {virtuous}]

virgin
     n 1: a person who has never had sex
     2: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo
        [syn: {Virgo}]
     3: the sixth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from
        about August 23 to September 22 [syn: {Virgo}, {Virgo the
        Virgin}]

資料來源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

virgin
     
        Unused; pristine; in a known initial state.  "Let's bring up a
        virgin system and see if it crashes again."  (Especially
        useful after contracting a {virus} through {SEX}.)  Also, by
        extension, buffers and the like within a program that have not
        yet been used.
     
        [{Jargon File}]
     
        (1994-11-30)