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shaveling是什么意思

shaveling

英 ['ʃeɪvlɪŋ] 美
  • n. 和尚;剃光头发的人;小伙子

英文词源


shaveling (n.)
contemptuous term for a friar, literally "shaven person," 1520s, from shave + -ling. "Very common in 16th and 17th c." [OED]. Also as an adjective (1570s).

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