the man said, and introduced himself as Larry; we had met, I gathered, 19 years before, when he had been living in the hermitage as an assistant to one of the monks.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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僧侣;修道士
A monk is a member of a male religious community that is usually separated from the outside world.