pristine
pristine
[ˈprɪstiːn, -stʌɪn]
adjective
adverb
语源
[ˈprɪstiːn, -stʌɪn]
adjective
- in its original condition; unspoilt
本来的，原本的；未受破坏的
pristine copies of an early magazine.
早期杂志的原版。
■clean and fresh as if new; spotless
新鲜的，干净的；崭新的；一尘不染的
a pristine white shirt.
一尘不染的白衬衣。
adverb
语源
- mid 16th cent. (in the sense 'original, former, primitive and undeveloped'): from Latin pristinus 'former'. The senses 'unspoilt' and 'spotless' date from the 1920s
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