late 14c., "shaving of the head or part of it," especially as a religious rite, from Anglo-French tonsure (mid-14c.), Old French tonsure "ecclesiastical tonsure; sheep-shearing" (14c.), from Latin tonsura "a shearing, clipping," from tonsus, past participle of tondere "to shear, shave, clip, crop," from PIE *tend-, from root *tem- "to cut" (see tome). The verb is attested from 1706 (implied in tonsured). Related: Tonsuring.
中文解释
1、tons- + -ure.2、含义：shaving of the head or part of it as a religious rite.
实用例句
1. The ferule is used for conversion , tonsure, ordination and parlance.
戒尺用于皈依、剃度 、 传戒、说法等场合.来自互联网
2. Before the tonsure, you to wash send?
剪发前你需要洗发 吗 ?来自互联网
3. Before long, she saw through the emptiness of the material world and took tonsure.
