convent 详细解释

convent

['kɔnvənt]

n.女修道院, 女修院开办的学校

词形变化

名词复数:convents

词义辨析

同义:

n.女修道院

nunnery  abbey  priory  cloister  religious life  sisterhood  

英英释义

名词 convent:

a religious residence especially for nuns

a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together

补充

conventconvent英:[ˈkɔnvənt] 美:[ˈkɑnvənt, -ˌvɛnt]n.1.修女2.女修道院She entered a convent at the age of 16.她十六岁时进了修道院。

例句

1. The convent was situated just to the northwest of the castle.这个修女院就坐落在城堡的西北方。 2. The convent did not encourage vanity.修女会不提倡爱慕虚荣。 3. I would rather join a convent than live with that smell.我宁愿加入修女会也不愿忍受这样臭气熏天的环境。 4. At 17 she left the convent.她17岁那年离开了这所女修道会学校。 5. She joined a convent.她当了修女。