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monk 音标拼音: [m'ʌŋk] n. 修道士,僧侣,和尚 修道士,僧侣,和尚 monk n 1: a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work [synonym: {monk}, {monastic}] 2: United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982) [synonym: {Monk}, {Thelonious Monk}, {Thelonious Sphere Monk}] Monk \Monk\, n. [AS. munuc, munec, munc, L. monachus, Gr. ?, fr. mo`nos alone. Cf. {Monachism}.] 1. A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a religious community of men inhabiting a monastery, and bound by vows to a life of chastity, obedience, and poverty. "A monk out of his cloister." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Monks in some respects agree with regulars, as in the substantial vows of religion; but in other respects monks and regulars differ; for that regulars, vows excepted, are not tied up to so strict a rule of life as monks are. --Ayliffe. [1913 Webster] 2. (Print.) A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the ink not being properly distributed. It is distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a deficiency of ink. [1913 Webster] 3. A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine. [1913 Webster] 4. (Zool.) (a) A South American monkey ({Pithecia monachus}); also applied to other species, as {Cebus xanthocephalus}. (b) The European bullfinch. [1913 Webster] {Monk bat} (Zool.), a South American and West Indian bat ({Molossus nasutus}); -- so called because the males live in communities by themselves. {Monk bird}(Zool.), the friar bird. {Monk seal} (Zool.), a species of seal ({Monachus albiventer}) inhabiting the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic. {Monk's rhubarb} (Bot.), a kind of dock; -- also called {patience} ({Rumex Patientia}). [1913 Webster] 63 Moby Thesaurus words for "monk":
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