搜尋結果
tonsure
- IPA[ˈtän(t)SHər]
美式
- a part of a monk's or priest's head left bare on top by shaving off the hair;an act of shaving the top of a monk's or priest's head as a preparation for entering a religious order
- shave the hair on top of (a monk's or priest's head); give a tonsure to
verb: tonsure, 3rd person present: tonsures, gerund or present participle: tonsuring, past tense: tonsured, past participle: tonsured
noun: tonsure, plural noun: tonsures
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a part of a monk's or priest's head left bare on top by shaving off the hair his hair is thinning up there—soon he'll have a tonsure like a monk's
- ▪ an act of shaving the top of a monk's or priest's head as a preparation for entering a religious order he received the tonsure
動詞
- 1. shave the hair on top of (a monk's or priest's head); give a tonsure to Louis's half-brothers were tonsured and sent away to monasteries a tonsured monk