defrock
英 [diː'frɒk] 美 [,di'frɑk]
- vt. 解除僧职；剥去法衣
词态变化
第三人称单数: defrocks;过去式: defrocked;过去分词: defrocked;现在分词: defrocking;
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.