英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
字典
Vesta
(n.)
A wax friction match.
Vestal
(a.)
Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the
hearth; hence, pure; chaste.
Vestal
(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.
Vestal
(a.)
A virgin; a woman pure and chaste; also, a nun.
Vestales
(n. pl.)
A group of butterflies including those known as
virgins, or gossamer-winged butterflies.
Vested
(imp. & p. p.)
of Vest
Vested
(a.)
Clothed; robed; wearing vestments.
Vested
(a.)
Not in a state of contingency or suspension; fixed; as,
vested rights; vested interests.
Vestiarian
(a.)
Of or pertaining to a vestiary or vestments.
Vestiary
(n.)
A wardrobe; a robing room; a vestry.
Vestiary
(a.)
Pertaining to clothes, or vestments.
Vestibula
(pl. )
of Vestibulum
Vestibular
(a.)
Of or pertaining to a vestibule; like a vestibule.
Vestibule
(n.)
The porch or entrance into a house; a hall or
antechamber next the entrance; a lobby; a porch; a hall.
Vestibulum
(n.)
A cavity into which, in certain bryozoans, the
esophagus and anus open.
Vestigate
(v. t.)
To investigate.
Vestige
(n.)
The mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or
footstep; a trace; a sign; hence, a faint mark or visible sign left by
something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present;
remains; as, the vestiges of ancient magnificence in Palmyra; vestiges
of former population.
Vestigial
(a.)
Of or pertaining to a vestige or remnant; like a
vestige.
Vesting
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Vest
Vesting
(n.)
Cloth for vests; a vest pattern.