pristine

pris·tine /ˈprɪstiːn/ adjectiveadj

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 clean

2 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 snow

pristine 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 adjectiveadj

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