英语词汇“monkish”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

monk /mungk/

noun

A man (other than a friar, but loosely often applied to a friar also) of a religious community living together under vows

A hermit (obsolete)

A bullfinch

An inky blotch or overinked place in print

Touchwood for firing mines (obsolete)

ORIGIN: OE munuc, from L monachus, from Gr monachos, from monos alone

monkˈery noun (derogatory)

Monasticism

Behaviour of monks

Monks collectively

monkˈhood noun

The state or character of a monk

monkˈish adjective (derogatory)

monkˈishly adverb

monkˈishness noun

monkˈfish noun

monk's cloth noun

A type of heavy cotton cloth

monk seal noun

A seal (Monachus albiventer) of the Black Sea, Mediterranean, and NW Africa, dark grey above, light underneath

monksˈhood noun

Wolfsbane, a poisonous ranunculaceous plant (genus Aconitum) with a large hoodlike posterior sepal

monk's rhubarb noun

Patience-dock

monk's seam noun (nautical)

A strong seam formed by overlapping two pieces and stitching on each side and down the middle (also middle-stitching)