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tonsorial

/ton-sawr-ee-uhl, -sohr-/US // tɒnˈsɔr i əl, -ˈsoʊr- //UK // (tɒnˈsɔːrɪəl) //

扁桃体,扁桃腺,扁桃体术,扁桃体科

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to a barber or barbering: the tonsorial shop.

Examples

  • Ask an American what happened at the news conference, and you are far more likely to hear about Giuliani’s performance — and tonsorial failures — than about anything that Powell did.

  • A devotee of this school of tonsorial art had a peeled look that did not commend him to favorable mention in artistic circles.

  • In front of a tonsorial saloon on the avenue our boys espied a Dutchman who formerly carried on business in Pawtucket.

  • Having thus employed the interval (and still at "Tonsorial" in his attempted translation), he returned to the Kirby homestead.

  • A good tonsorial spree and a cocktail would benefit this disciple of John Knox, I am sure.

  • Our hats removed, the results of Old Colonial's tonsorial operations are made fully apparent.