virtual/ˋvɝtʃUəl; ˈvɜːtʃuəl/adj 1 very nearly a particular thing 几乎的﹐很接近的﹐实际上的: He became a virtual prisoner in his own home. 他简直是被囚禁在自己的家里。2 made, done, seen etc on the Internet or on a computer, rather than in the real world〔在因特网或电脑上〕虚拟的﹐模拟的: a virtual library 一个虚拟图书馆