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Monastery N Religious Mɔnəstri 男修道院,僧院 英 男修道院,僧院(A Place

单词 monastery
音标 ['mɔnəstri]
解释 n. 男修道院,僧院
红宝书 【英】 n. 男修道院,僧院(a place of residence occupied by a community of monks, living in a religious seclusion)
【记】 mon(单个)+aster(星 星)→孤星→孤独者所 住之处→寺院
【例】 The orphan was taken to the local monastery.
字源 monastery (n.)
c.1400, from Old French monastere "monastery" (14c.) and directly from Late Latin monasterium, from Ecclesiastical Greek monasterion "a monastery," from monazein "to live alone," from monos "alone" (see mono-). With suffix -terion "place for (doing something)." Originally applied to houses of any religious order, male or female.
不择手段背单词
趣味全助记 【记】mono 单独 + sterile 不育的,一个人不育的→和尚;master 大师,能练出大师的地方→少林寺之类;man + ster 人→男人呆的地方

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