tonsure

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ton·sure /ˈtɒnʃə $ ˈtɑːnʃər/ noun  [countable]RRHBH a small round area on the top of someone’s head where their hair has been removed because they are a priest or a monk 〔教士或僧人的〕头顶剃光部分，光头 —tonsured adjective his tonsured head 他已经剃度的头

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tonsure• The older boy, leaner and more muscular, has shorter hair and a small skull-cap which may conceal a tonsure.• Perhaps the guy has a heat sensor where his tonsure should be.• And if you want funny peculiar, simply gaze upon Thierry Boutsen's reverse-flip bird's-nest tonsure.• Tuda wore a Petrine tonsure and observed the Roman Easter.• He had others in his grizzled russet tonsure, dropped from the higher branches as the wind stirred them.• He was balding fast, with a monk's tonsure.Origin tonsure (1300-1400) Latin tonsura, from tondere; TONSORIAL

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tonsure
ton‧sure /ˈtɒnʃə $ ˈtɑːnʃər/ noun [countable] a small round area on the top of someone’s head where their hair has been removed because they are a priest or a monk
—tonsured adjective:
    his tonsured head

ton·sureBrE /ˈtɒnʃə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtɑːnʃər/ 🔊 nounthe part of a monk's or priest's head that has been shaved （僧侣或教士的）头顶剃光部位