| 英语单词 | convent |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['kɒnvənt] 美 ['kɑːnvent] |
| 中文释义 | n.女修道院;女修院开办的学校 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The nuns live in the convent. (2) She bunked from the convent last term. (3) Living in the convent narrowed her views. (4) As a young woman she joined a convent of nuns. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 修女们住在修道院。 (2) 她上学期从女修道院逃跑了。 (3) 修道院生活使她的视野变窄。 (4) 她在年轻的时候加入了女修道会。 |
| vocabulary简明 | A convent is a place where nuns live. Have you decided to dedicate the rest of your life to serving God? Well, then, maybe it’s time for you to consider moving into a convent. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Although convent usually refers to the actual building where nuns live together, it can also sometimes more generally refer to a Christian community that is living according to religious vows. Catholic monks live in communities together in monasteries, while Catholic nuns tend to live in convents. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]女修道院 A convent is a building in which a community of nuns live. 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]同 convent school A convent is the same as a convent school . |
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