pristine

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pris·tine /ˈprɪstiːn/ adjective  1  NEWextremely fresh or clean 极其新鲜的；洁净的 a pristine white shirt 非常干净的白衬衫► see thesaurus at clean2  something that is pristine is in the same condition as when it was first made 崭新的，簇新的 The car has been restored to pristine condition. 汽车整修后焕然一新。3  not spoiled or damaged in any way 未受损害的；处于原始状态的 pristine African rainforest 非洲原始雨林

Examples from the Corpus

pristine• The bustle of passport control and customs clearance over, father and daughter emerged into the pristine arrivals lounge.• Beyond the pristine beaches are rain forests.• He passed her a pristine handkerchief and waited.• Three giant mining conglomerates are moving ahead in three pristine locations.• He wore a charcoal-grey business suit, with a pristine white shirt and maroon silk tie.• the pristine whiteness of newly fallen snowpristine condition• Boarders live in the plainest of rooms, kept in pristine condition.• Past the end of the lake a limestone grotto is reached, affording shelter but not now maintained in pristine condition.• The photographic archive of the Crown Agents in London contains a magnificent record of these stations in their pristine condition.• They spend up to 3,000 hours bringing what look like rusty writeoffs back to pristine condition.• The Flack team restored her to pristine condition as G-FURY, and she made her first flight at Elstree in June 1980.Origin pristine (1500-1600) Latin pristinus

pris·tine adjectiveChineseSyllable  

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pristine
pris‧tine /ˈprɪstiːn/ adjective1. extremely fresh or clean:
    a pristine white shirt
2. something that is pristine is in the same condition as when it was first made:
    The car has been restored to pristine condition.
3. not spoiled or damaged in any way:
    pristine African rainforest
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ clean without any dirt or marks: They need clean water to drink. | I don’t have any clean clothes.
   ▪ pure water or air that is pure does not contain any dirt, pollution, or bacteria: I breathed in the pure mountain air.
   ▪ sterile /ˈsteraɪl $ -rəl/ completely clean, with no bacteria, and therefore safe for medical or scientific use: Place a sterile bandage on the wound. | sterile needles
   ▪ spotless completely clean – used mainly about rooms and clothes: Her kitchen is always spotless.
   ▪ pristine /ˈprɪstiːn/ completely clean and new-looking: He wore a pristine white shirt.
   ▪ immaculate as clean and tidy as it is possible to be: The soldiers’ uniforms have to be immaculate.
   ▪ spick and span [not before noun] informal clean and tidy, especially after having just been cleaned: By the end of the day, the whole place was spick and span.

pris·tineBrE /ˈprɪstiːn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈprɪstiːn/ 🔊 adjectivefresh and clean, as if new 崭新的；清新的 SYN immaculate ◆The car is in pristine condition. 这辆汽车是全新的。🔊🔊not developed or changed in any way; left in its original condition 未开发的；处于原始状态的 SYN unspoiled ◆pristine, pollution-free beaches没有污染的原始海滩