- 1
Monkish is an adjective, not a person. It describes someone or something that feels like a monk’s life: quiet, strict, plain, and pulled back from ordinary pleasures. A monkish room might hold a bed, a chair, and almost nothing else. Monkish habits might mean eating little, going to bed early, and staying away from parties. It can be simply descriptive, but it often carries a small sting, as if the speaker finds that life too hard or too closed-off. It does not mean “a monk.” You cannot say “he is a monkish”; you say he seems monkish, or you talk about a monkish silence. Though actually, a real monk might not like the word — it is more a picture outsiders use than a title anyone claims.
修士般的、像修道士的(常帶一點「太清苦、太避世」的口氣)
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
monkishadj
- 1
Pertaining to, or resembling, a monk or monasticism.
- Among the most curious, original, and lively of the monkish Latin poems, are those least in harmony with their cold ascetic discipline.
- The miser’s niece was there all right, seated on a little stool with straw in her hair and reading a monkish scroll by the light of a tallow dip.
- 2
Tending to self-denial; ascetic.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。