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    hymen

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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    hy·men /ˈhaɪmən/ noun [countable]  HBHBODYa piece of skin that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of some girls or women who have not had sex 处女膜
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    hymen• Some see in it the girdle ot hymen and the promise of the immaculate conception of a Messiah.• I wonder what happened to the paper hymen on the toilet. l check my hair in the mirror.    Origin hymen (1500-1600) Late Latin Greek, “thin covering of skin”
    hy·men nounChineseSyllable
    partly covers the Corpus piece of that a skin


    hymen
    hy‧men /ˈhaɪmən/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1500-1600
     Language: Late Latin
     Origin: Greek, 'thin covering of skin'
    a piece of skin that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of some girls or women who have not had sex


    hymenBrE /ˈhaɪmən/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhaɪmən/ 🔊 noun (anatomy 解剖学) a piece of skin that partly covers the opening of the vagina in women who have never had sex 处女膜