vestal virgin

基本解釋

Heroes slay dragons and save the maiden from being a vestal virgin locked away in some ivory tower.
英雄搏殺巨龍，營救被囚禁在某個象牙塔里的貞節(jié)女子。
Pure and vestal modesty; a spinster or virgin lady; men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal.
貞潔的端莊；未婚婦女或者處女；男人們規(guī)定他們的女人必須是貞潔的處女。
In order to prevent his niece, Rhea Silvia, from havIng offsprIng and so contInuIng Numitor's lIneage, Amulius forced her to become a vestal virgIn.
為了防止侄女雷亞·西爾維亞生育后代從而繼承王位，阿穆利烏斯強迫她去當女祭司，宣誓永葆貞潔。

(in ancient Rome) one of the four, later six, virgin priestesses whose lives were dedicated to Vesta and to maintaining the sacred fire in her temple