defrock
英 [di?'fr?k]
美[,di'frɑk]
- vt. 解除僧職；剝去法衣
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?defrocks;過去式:?defrocked;過去分詞:?defrocked;現在分詞:?defrocking;
中文詞源
defrock 除去圣職
de-, 奪去，損毀。frock, 禮服，圣職。
英文詞源
- 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.