monachal
/mon-uh-kuhl/US // ˈmɒn ə kəl //UK // (ˈmɒnəkəl) //
单纯的,单纯,单纯的人,单一的
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : of or relating to monks or their life; monastic.
Examples
Her thin hands were lying on her lap, her facial immobility had in it something monachal.
Even in the imperfect light her appearance suggested something cold and monachal.
Therese had appeared herself in her brown garb and as monachal as ever.
To think of this would compel you towards a monachal literature, hard and contemptuous of vile lust.
My passion for my mistress had something fierce about it, for all my life had been severely monachal.
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