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Related topics: Religionton·sure /ˈtɒnʃə $ ˈtɑːnʃər/ noun [countable]RRHBH a small round area on the top of someone’s head where their hair has been removed because they are a priest or a monk 〔教士或僧人的〕头顶剃光部分，光头 —tonsured adjective his tonsured head 他已经剃度的头Examples from the Corpustonsure• The older boy, leaner and more muscular, has shorter hair and a small skull-cap which may conceal a tonsure.• Perhaps the guy has a heat sensor where his tonsure should be.• And if you want funny peculiar, simply gaze upon Thierry Boutsen's reverse-flip bird's-nest tonsure.• Tuda wore a Petrine tonsure and observed the Roman Easter.• He had others in his grizzled russet tonsure, dropped from the higher branches as the wind stirred them.• He was balding fast, with a monk's tonsure.Origin tonsure (1300-1400) Latin tonsura, from tondere; TONSORIALton·sure nounChineseSyllable someone’s a small the round of area head Corpus top on |