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defrock的意思
defrock
英 [di'frk]
美 [,di'frɑk]
- vt. 解除僧职；剥去法衣
中文词源
defrock 除去圣职
de-, 夺去，损毁。frock, 礼服，圣职。
英文词源
- defrock (v.)
- 1580s, from French défroquer (15c.), from de- (see de-) + froque "frock" (see frock). Related: Defrocked. A Modern English verb frock "supply with a frock" is attested only from 1828 and probably is a back-formation from this.