of or relating to monks, nuns, or others living under religious vows, or the buildings in which they live 修士的;修女的;僧侣的;隐修院的;寺院的 a monastic order. 修道会。 ■resembling or suggestive of monks or their way of life, especially in being austere, solitary, or celibate 僧侣般的;隐修生活般的;苦行修士的,简朴的;遁世的;禁欲的 she set her things round the monastic student bedroom. 她把自己物品散放在简陋的学生宿舍里。
noun
a monk or other follower of a monastic rule 修士;修女;僧侣
派生 monastically adverb monasticism noun 语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'anchoritic'): from late Latin monasticus, from Greek monastikos, from monazein 'live alone'