monk

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

monk [monk monks] BrE [mʌŋk] NAmE [mʌŋk] noun
a member of a religious group of men who often live apart from other people in a ↑monastery and who do not marry or have personal possessions
•Benedictine/Buddhist monks
compare ↑friar, ↑nun
see also ↑monkish

Word Origin:
Old English munuc, based on Greek monakhos ‘solitary’, from monos ‘alone’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  Monk, Thelonious Monk, Thelonious Sphere Monk, monastic