monk
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service.
- 2.
In earlier usage, an eremite or hermit devoted to solitude, as opposed to a cenobite, who lived communally.
- 3.
(slang)Someone who leads an isolated life; a loner, a hermit.
- 4.
(slang)An unmarried man who does not have sexual relationships.
- 5.
(slang)A judge.
- 6.
(archaic)(printing, archaic) An inkblot.
- 7.
A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthosternos.
- 8.
The bullfinch, common bullfinch, European bullfinch, or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
- 9.
The monkfish.
- 10.
(historical)A fuse for firing mines.
- 11.
(colloquial)A monkey.
It seems that the big monk up on the roof is nobody but Bongo, who is a gorilla belonging to the circus, and one of the very few gorillas of any account in this country, or anywhere else, as far as this goes, because good gorillas are very scarce, indeed.
Động từ
verb- 1.
To be a monk.
- 2.
To act like a monk; especially to be contemplative.
- 3.
To monkey or meddle; to behave in a manner that is not systematic.
- 4.
To be intoxicated or confused.
- 5.
(transitive)To attach so that it sticks out.
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ine-pro From Middle English monk, from Old English munuc, from *munik, from monicus, variant of monachus, from Ancient Greek μοναχός (single, solitary), from μόνος (alone).