nunnery

英 ['nʌn(ə)rɪ] 美['nʌnəri]
  • n. 尼姑庵;女修道院
  • n. (Nunnery)人名;(英)农纳里

中文词源


nunnery 修女院

来自nun,修女,-ery,地点后缀。

英英释意


1. the convent of a community of nuns

英文词源


nunnery (n.)
late 13c., "nunhood," from nun + -ery. Meaning "convent of nuns" is from c. 1300. Meaning "house of ill fame" is attested by 1590s.

实用场景例句


An elderly, wrapped in a cow's hide, appears and, laughing, to the nunnery high above us.
一位裹着牛皮年长的牧人出现了, 他笑着指着在我们上方远处的尼姑庵.

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Chin also had a grandmother who lived in a nunnery , but she seldom came home.
琴有一个住在尼姑庵里不常回家的祖母.

汉英文学 - 家(1-26) - 家(1-26)

I'm a Catholic and I can go into a nunnery.
“我是天主教徒,我可以去女修道院. ”

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With the development of society, these contradictions were intensified to induce the reform of the nunnery.
随着社会发展, 这些矛盾不断激化,最终导致了宗教改革形势下修女院变革运动的爆发.

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Unsure whether I have been understood, I put in a brisk spurt to the nunnery.
不知道他是否明白我的意思, 我快步冲刺般地朝尼姑庵跑去.

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Go to a nunnery. Go away right now, you dirty woman!
去女修道院, 现在就滚, 你这卑劣的女人!

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She refused marriage and entered a nunnery.
她拒绝结婚而进女修道院修行.

辞典例句

She left home and went to a nunnery.
她离家去了尼姑庵.

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