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monachal

/mon-uh-kuhl/US // ˈmɒn ə kəl //UK // (ˈmɒnəkəl) //

单纯的,单纯,单纯的人,单一的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to monks or their life; monastic.

Examples

  • Her thin hands were lying on her lap, her facial immobility had in it something monachal.

  • Even in the imperfect light her appearance suggested something cold and monachal.

  • Therese had appeared herself in her brown garb and as monachal as ever.

  • To think of this would compel you towards a monachal literature, hard and contemptuous of vile lust.

  • My passion for my mistress had something fierce about it, for all my life had been severely monachal.