late 14c., "shaving of the head or part of it," especially as a religious rite, from Anglo-French tonsure (mid-14c.), Old French tonsure "ecclesiastical tonsure; sheep-shearing" (14c.), from Latin tonsura "a shearing, clipping," from tonsus, past participle of tondere "to shear, shave, clip, crop," from PIE *tend-, from root *tem- "to cut" (see tome). The verb is attested from 1706 (implied in tonsured). Related: Tonsuring.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. The ferule is used for conversion , tonsure, ordination and parlance.
戒尺用于皈依、剃度 、 傳戒、說(shuō)法等場(chǎng)合.
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2. Before the tonsure, you to wash send?
剪發(fā)前你需要洗發(fā) 嗎 ?
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3. Before long, she saw through the emptiness of the material world and took tonsure.