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monkish

/muhng-kish/US // ˈmʌŋ kɪʃ //UK // (ˈmʌŋkɪʃ) //

僧侣,僧人,和尚,僧侣的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or resembling a monk: a monkish manner.

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Examples

  • And I have always despised the monkish obscurity cultivated by certain academics.

  • This makes you, at turns, desirous of luxury and monkish asceticism, as you strike a balance between the two.

  • Earthly delights impart little thrill, as you wax monkish by weekend.

  • The doctrine of the creation the earth only six or seven thousand years ago is a product of monkish ignorance.

  • The monkish representations of the wounds were depicted in countless rosaries and Books of Hours.

  • A long process of reasoning could then be saved by reference to some obscure picture of monkish fancy.

  • And did God give you a grip of steel and an arm of iron to let them grow weak in some monkish cell?

  • Among the monkish loot at St. Albans was an ancient cameo herewith reproduced.